{"id":49389,"date":"2014-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/05\/12\/science-rocks\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:21:38","slug":"science-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/05\/12\/science-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Science rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

At UNMC, researchers love science and the 2014 Nebraska Science Festival showed others why they should too. <\/p>\n


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\nInterested in a closer look? Click here<\/a> for a photo album of the event.<\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>Presented by UNMC, the festival attracted adults who sipped a special Belgian Hibiscus beer (yes, it was pink), asked questions of a stem cell scientist, sat inside electric cars and learned the science of bacon and wine.<\/p>\n

Toddlers and teens launched soda rockets, touched a sheep’s heart, made rubber balls, ate spoonfuls of a special SciFest ice cream and went on nature hikes. <\/p>\n

And, that only scratched the surface of the four-day Nebraska Science Festival, which drew approximately 12,000 people to 30 venues in such cities as Omaha, Lincoln, Ashland, Kearney and Wayne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Every day, I heard kids and adults say, ‘Whoa, this is awesome,'” said Kacie Gerard, science outreach programs coordinator at UNMC and organizer of the Nebraska Science Festival. “Watching them enjoy science and learning made me say, “Yes, this is<\/i> awesome.”<\/p>\n

A number of UNMC faculty and staff, as well as affiliated individuals and groups, participated including: <\/p>\n