science

Exploring our global food system at the Natural History Museum

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Can a watermelon be grown in the shape of a square? What do Olympic athletes like Michael Phelps eat for breakfast? Which island nation produces the most lamb in the world? Consumers interested in pulling back the curtain on our food system will get these and many other questions answered at “Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture.” The exhibition, on view now at the American Museum of Natural History, explores how our food is produced, distributed and eaten.

Rethinking ants: New Rolla research creates model to predict colony growth and survival

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:14:24 +0000

New research out of Rolla finds that larger ant colonies have an edge over smaller ones.

Telling stories about science

Rehman Tungekar and Lee Jian Chung — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:59:15 +0000

The University of Missouri has awarded $25,000 to a group of scientists, journalists and other communicators on campus who want to make their research more accessible to the wider public. To do this, some graduate student researchers are looking to the art of storytelling to help describe their work.

MU welcomes new clinical research center

Nicole Niedenberg — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:56:45 +0000

The hallway on the fifth floor merging together MU School of Medicine and University Hospital is not your average hallway. It’s the new clinical research center, a five million dollar multi-stage renovation project, giving scientists, doctors and patients a place to discover new treatment.

Improving science and math education

Rehman Tungekar — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:05:28 +0000

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