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This month's WIRED magazine has a really interesting article about DIY 
science that I think is very relevant to our work as informal science 
educators.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/chemistry.html

An excerpt:
"National security issues and laws aimed at thwarting the production of 
crystal meth are threatening to put an end to home laboratories. In 
schools, rising liability concerns are making teachers wary of allowing 
students to perform their own experiments. Some educators even speculate 
that a lack of chem lab experience is contributing to the declining 
interest in science careers among young people."


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Susan Timberlake
Exhibit Developer
Museum of Science
Boston, MA
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