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Samuel Adams Brewery Tour
FOX CTThere's usually something brewing in Boston, but, on Germania Street, there's something brewing all day. That's because American beer maker Samuel Adams, the Boston Beer with the patriotic poster boy, offers tours of their working brewery. Each year, tens...Tags: Grant Wood, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Science and Technology, Alcoholic Beverages
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Monsanto exec, other biotech pioneers win World Food Prize
Reuters* Winners include Syngenta executive, Belgian researcher * Laureates say award validates biotech as food source * Prize regarded as the Nobel of agriculture * U.S. still searching for source of biotech wheat in Oregon By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON,...Tags: Syngenta AG, Nobel Prize Awards, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Industry, Biotechnology
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U.S. in danger of losing humanities, social sciences edge -panel
ReutersBy Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal...Tags: Arts and Culture, Duke University, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, Culture
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Student news
WINONA LAKE, Ind. — Hannah Marie Barger of Hagerstown graduated May 11 with a Bachelor of Science in elementary education/mild intervention from Grace College and Seminary. Barger is a 2009 graduate of Grace Academy in Hagerstown. She is the...Tags: Georgia Institute of Technology, Middletown, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Biology, Religion and Belief
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The doctor is in...your pocket: Is smartphone device that diagnoses disease a pipe dream?
Premium Health News ServiceHazel -- as we'll call her -- knew something was wrong when, in her mid-50s, she started to feel short of breath at the slightest exertion. Over the next few months, she felt increasingly achy, but several medical visits and an X-ray suggested only...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Jeopardy!, University of Oxford, Diabetes
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Smaller Chesapeake 'dead zone' forecast
The Chesapeake Bay's "dead zone" this summer is on track to be smaller than usual for the second year in a row, scientists announced Tuesday. Based on estimates of rainfall-fed runoff the first five months of the year, researchers with the University of...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology
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Fallston High graduate wins Northrop Grumman engineering scholarship
A recent Fallston High School graduate is one of 24 winners in Northrop Grumman Corporation's 11th annual Engineering Scholars Program, which will provide a total of $240,000 in college scholarships this fall to high school seniors across Maryland...Tags: Financial Aid, Aerospace Manufacturing, High Schools, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics
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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: Medical Specialization, Research, Internists, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research
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The soft sciences matter as much as ever
A report released this week bears out what many educators have been predicting: Amid rising college tuition, increased global economic competition and a job market that disproportionately rewards graduates in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Steve Jobs, Culture, Students, Sociology
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Easton schools slash 43 positions
With its budget like a wound that never heals, the Easton Area School District bled off 19 more teachers Tuesday night. To balance its balance sheets, the school board lopped off 43 positions — teachers, coaches, a nurse, janitors — to cap a...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace
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UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling wins Blue Planet Prize
Daniel Sperling, a UC Davis civil engineering professor and international transportation expert, has won the Blue Planet Prize. The prize, given annually by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Tokyo, comes with an award of about $500,000. It recognizes...
Tags: Weather, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, University of California, Davis, Global Change
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NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids
ReutersBy Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth. The U.S. space agency has already identified 95 percent of the...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Science and Technology, Astronomy, Space Programs, NASA
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