The Harrison clocks are running for the duration of National Science Week, 8-17 March, 2002.

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It's also National Science and Engineering Week from 11 to 20 March, with about 3, 500 events running all over the UK to celebrate and showcase science, engineering and technology and its importance in our lives.

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Standing at just over 5-feet tall and 95-pounds, HRP-4C, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will make its catwalk debut next week at the Tokyo fashion show.

ENGADGET: Japan's HRP-4C 'fashion model robot' unveiled, already harassed (update: video!)

Just last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a story that referenced a report from the National Science Board showing that in all but seven states, funding for major public research universities has been cut.

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It appears that Apple is about to expand its manufacturing operations to Brazil, where a new Foxconn factory is already in place and ready to churn out iPads, according to a report from national media outlet UOL. Aolizio Mercadante, the country's minister of science and technology, confirmed the news this week during a hearing held by the Commission of Economic Affairs.

ENGADGET: Report: Foxconn's Brazil factory ready for business, will begin shipping iPads in December