(From St. Louis Public Radio – May 2, 2014) Principal Glenn Carter cracks open the door to an Algebra II class at South Pemiscot High School in rural Steele, Mo., where teacher Linda Crawford shuffles four reluctant students into different configurations. Students chuckle as Crawford gleefully moves her volunteers from place to place. One student,…
(From Harvest Public Media – April 16, 2014) Water experts worried about Asian carp may have new hope. They’re turning their eyes to China, where a carp-hungry populace may be the key for stemming the tide of the invasive fish. Asian carp are taking over U.S. waterways, including the Mississippi River and tributaries like the…
(From KRCU – March 28, 2014) Imagine a bird that is eleven feet long and five feet tall at the hip. Like many birds it has a small head, feathers and long spindly legs. But it also bore some resemblance to reptiles, like long arms tipped with sharp claws and a long bony tail. Weighing…
(From KRCU – February 16, 2014) Rally car racing is popular in Europe and Canada, but it has a much lower profile in the United States. It is a dangerous sports in which racers thrash through rural, gravel roads at high speeds in street-legal cars as they try to score the fastest time. Chris Hrabik,…
(From KRCU – January 31, 2014) The Mars rover Opportunity just celebrated its tenth anniversary, and the scrappy vehicle keeps chugging along. The rover landed on Mars on January 24, 2004. Scientists expected Opportunity and its twin Spirit to work on the Martian surface for three to six months. Fast-forward ten years, and Opportunity is…
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