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Muir High garden cultivates life lessons
A student-run garden at John Muir High School is helping local teens cultivate green thumbs, entrepreneurial skills and summer paychecks. The 1.5-acre Muir Ranch — and its roughly $2,000 in weekly vegetable and flower sales — sprouted from...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Students
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Central science teacher stepping away after 22 years
A chemistry class during her junior year at Warner High School sparked Jan Palmer's love of science. That's why she set out to be a medical technologist. She graduated from Northern State University, did a year-long internship at Rapid City Regional...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Biology, Students
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Somerset County Where to Go for May 23
Fireman’s Adventure Race The Fireman’s Adventure Race June 1, includes a 5 kilometer walk/run through town that will also include some off-pavement terrain. The start and finish for the 5k will be at the Rockwood Fire Department. Breakfast...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Personal Service, Arts and Culture, Anglicanism, UFO Sightings
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Hopkins closes science writing program, citing low selectivity
Graduates of the Johns Hopkins University's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular...Tags: Radio, Authors, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NPR, Science
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Invention and Innovation, National Government, Science, Technology
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Cattle grazing can promote cheatgrass dominance, study finds
Ranchers often argue that cattle grazing is the best way to combat cheatgrass, an aggressive invader that has taken over vast areas of the Great Basin, destroying the native sagebrush ecosystem and fueling huge wildfires. But a study published today...
Tags: Science and Technology, Ecosystems, U.S. Geological Survey, Agriculture, Conservation
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Boca Raton businesses make 'top 50' ranking of women-owned firms
Two women who are business owners in Boca Raton have never met, but would likely have a lot to talk about over lunch. Terry Lehmann and Barbara Levine both founded successful businesses that were named in May to a "Top 50" list of flourishing women-owned...Tags: Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, American Express Company, Justice System, Business
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Use gypsum to build soils and buffer weather
Chicago - Ohio farmer Les Seiler has applied gypsum to his fields for the past five years. His farm is based in Fulton County, Ohio, 40 miles west of Toledo and near the Michigan border where Seiler says cold and wet spring weather is “guaranteed.”...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Teaching and Learning, Weather, Natural Disasters, Energy Resources
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Local student to serve on national team
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University Agronomy major, Michael Carlson has been selected as a 2013-2014 Agriculture Future of America Student Advisory Team member. Carlson and the other eight team members represent their peers on a national level and...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Consumer Goods Industries, Science and Technology, South Dakota State University, Boy Scouts of America
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Growers should plan ahead for energy beet production
Farmers considering energy beet production in the future should assess what herbicides they use during this growing season due to potential residue impact. “Many growers across North Dakota are looking hard at a new industrial crop called energy beets,...Tags: Biofuels, Energy Saving, Beets, Science and Technology, Syngenta AG
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Global Change, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Natural Disasters, Justice System
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SDSU Extension offers variety of services to answer horticulture & tree questions
BROOKINGS - Spring may be behind schedule this year, but when it does arrive SDSU Extension is ready, says Rosie Nold, Ag & Natural Resources Program Director. "Like all services SDSU Extension provides, when it comes to horticulture we have many...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Science and Technology, Research, Agriculture, Conservation
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