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Caltech students enjoy Ditch Day. (credit: CBS)

Revenge Of The Nerds! Caltech Holds Annual Ditch Day

It’s one of Caltech’s oldest traditions: Ditch Day.

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Andrew Hanna, who works for NASA, holds up his 17-month-old son Aaron during the space shuttle Endeavour exhibit grand opening ceremony at the new Samuel Oschin Pavilion of the California Science Center on October 30, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Cheap In LA: California Science Center

Wide-eyed and amazed visitors of the California Science Center come from all over to get an up-close and personal look at one of man’s engineering marvels: the Endeavour.

2013/05/17

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Educator Sees I.T. As The Next Leading Job Sector In Los Angeles

Dr. Gustavo Vejarano works with his students to develop cutting-edge technologies in Los Angeles.

2013/05/13

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Fire Behavior Analysts Fight Fire With Science

There’s a group of Southland firefighters who fight the flames behind the scenes — with science.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/11/26

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See Space Shuttle Endeavour Now That It Stopped Moving

An exhibition that launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour into a long-range educational program to inspire future generations of explorers starts October 30, 2012. Endeavour was built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger – it […]

CBS Los Angeles–2012/10/29

The temporary home of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is seen after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Jeffrey Rudolph, the president of the California Science Center and Inglewood Mayor James Butt Jr., unveiled the road trip plans after the space shuttle travels form Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center during a news conference August 8, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Crews Begin Removing Hundreds Of Trees To Clear Path For Endeavour

South L.A. residents were upset as the city began to chop down over 400 trees ahead of the scheduled arrival of the Endeavour space shuttle.

2012/09/04

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Celebrate Bubbles at Bubblefest

The combination of staged spectacle, interactive science, and yummy vittles – not to mention a virtual metric ton of bubbles – makes Bubblefest XVI an event where it is easy for you to feel some […]

CBS Los Angeles–2012/04/03

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Guide to the Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory is a wonderful destination for sight-seeing, vista-viewing, and educational day trips.

CBS Los Angeles–2011/09/27

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Dry Ice Lake Suggests Mars Once Had A ‘Dust Bowl’

If you think Mars is a hostile place now, it was harsher 600,000 years ago.

2011/04/21

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan on March 11, 2011, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

How Exactly Does A Tsunami Start?

Once an earthquake hits, a series of events are set in motion to form an tsunami.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/03/11

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