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College students in South Dakota could see tuition freeze
PIERRE — Later this week, the state Board of Regents will discuss whether to ask the Legislature next year for a freeze on tuition and fees for state university students. The regents, whose members govern South Dakota’s public universities,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Science, Financial Aid
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Syrian rebels launch attack to block northern highway
ReutersBEIRUT, June 19 (Reuters) - Rebels attacked a main highway in northern Syria on Wednesday, opposition groups said, to try to choke off a major supply line for President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the region. Assad's troops, backed by battle-hardened...Tags: Science and Technology, Islam, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents
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‘Primates’ graphic novel explores work of Goodall, Fossey, Galdikas
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesAuthor Jim Ottaviani has made a name for himself writing graphic novels about some of the greatest minds in science, […]... -
Arts and culture was fastest-growing philanthropic cause in 2012
In terms of donations, arts and culture was Americans’ fastest-growing charitable cause in 2012, rising an estimated 7.8% to $14.44 billion, according to a leading annual research report on charitable giving. Donations to education rose second-...
Tags: Indiana University, Charity, Human Interest, Animals
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WRAPUP 2-G8 urges Syria peace talks as fighting flares in north
Reuters(Adds details from G8 communique) * Syria peace talks seen unlikely before August * Heavy fighting reported in Aleppo * Russia at odds with West at G8 summit By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT, June 18 (Reuters) -...Tags: Science and Technology, United Nations, Russia, Manufacturing and Engineering, Barack Obama
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Industry-backed studies more prominent at meetings
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or involve industry-backed scientists tend to be more prominent at cancer meetings than independent studies, a new report suggests. "Figuring out the reasons behind these...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine
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Steven T. Seagle, Teddy Kristiansen graphic novel probes 'Genius'
Near the end of Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen’s haunting graphic novel “Genius” (First Second: 126 pp., $17.99 paper), the main character, a physicist named Ted, has an epiphany of a kind. Ted was once a prodigy, a kid so...
Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Literature, Fiction
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Cheetah cub: Headless running robot cat could aid in rescue research
Here’s a cat that will do more whirring than purring: a robotic cheetah cub designed to trot at the fastest clip of any legged machine in its class. The mechanical running feline, described in the International Journal of Robotics Research, could...Tags: Science and Technology
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AstraZeneca picks site for new global home in Cambridge
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has chosen a science park on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, England, next to the world-renowned Addenbrooke's Hospital, for its new $500 million global headquarters and research center. Property industry sources...Tags: MedImmune Inc., United Kingdom, Science, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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WRAPUP 1-Syria peace talks delayed as Russia and West clash
Reuters* Syria peace talks seen unlikely before August * Heavy fighting reported in Aleppo * Russia at odds with West at G8 summit By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT, June 18 (Reuters) - D ifferences between Russia and...Tags: Science and Technology, United Nations, Russia, Manufacturing and Engineering, Lebanon
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Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change
Ah Ram Kim is a 17-year-old high school student learning to read English at a first-grade level with the book "The Little Red Hen." Newly arrived from South Korea, she is one of 170 students, who are from Mexico, Vietnam, Egypt, Japan, Pakistan, Sri...
Tags: Stanford University, Pakistan, Budgets and Budgeting, Financial Aid, Jerry Brown
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Research grant funds mosquito project at NSU
They've dubbed themselves the Skeeter Searchers, and they'll be capturing mosquitoes around Brown County and researching them this summer. Northern State University students Brock Rose, Kasey Rundquist, Misti Ward and Kipp Cross are working with...
Tags: Science and Technology, West Nile Virus, Medical Procedures and Tests
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