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Category: causes
Seed just announced that it's making available discounted subscriptions to Seed for donation to high schools. If you're interested, click here, and you can donate a year-long subscription for $14.95 (discounted from $19.95). Surely, exposing students to more interesting, diverse,...
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Category: DonorsChoose
Seed just announced that it will be matching up to $15,000 in donations to this year's ScienceBlogs/DonorsChoose Challenge. This is great news, and if you haven't donated already this is a great reason to do it now. There's only one...
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Category: DonorsChoose
Seed announces prizes for donors, so now there are more reasons than ever to donate to my challenge.
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Category: DonorsChoose
Give early and give often!
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Category: Pro-Test
The pro-animal research organization Pro-Test held its third major march today to support animal research and to oppose animal rights extremism
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Category: causes
Thursday was the last day of the month-long DonorsChoose challenge, and ScienceBlogs did incredibly well. You can view the full leaderboard here, but Janet of Adventures in Ethics and Science offers these details: 20 Sb blogs mounted challenges; 12 of...
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We've raised $295 at The Scientific Activist on just one week, but we still have $705 to go.
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Category: causes
The Dorothy Duncan Braille Library in Zimbabwe urgently needs help to continue carrying out its important work.
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Category: blogosphere
I've added a list of recommended books and worthy science-related causes.
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Category: causes
A categorized list of several worthy causes for readers interested in supporting those working for the progress of science in our society.
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