Tag: water
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Buy a local hospital for $100?Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies : Shot
[ad_1] Rural communities where hospitals are struggling are often willing to hand over their medical centers to outside investors. Some are willing to sell their hospitals for near nothing to companies that promise to keep them running. Megan Jeringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Megan Jeringer/AFP via Getty Images Rural communities where hospitals ... -
How Public Participation Helps Improve Knowledge
[ad_1] From safeguarding the future of our bird populations to discovering how RNA technology can help with challenging health conditions and everything in between, scientists are doing what’s best for our world. We’re doing some amazing things. But science isn’t just for universities and researchers. Science is for everyone, and you don’t necessarily have to ... -
Governor Whitmer discusses in-person learning, historic education budgets, and next school year with superintendent
[ad_1] For immediate release August 15, 2022 contact: press@michigan.gov Governor Whitmer discusses in-person learning, historic education budgets, and next school year with superintendent Lansing, Michigan — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said, 50 The Michigan Superintendent of Education, representing all parts of the state, emphasized the importance of in-person learning. She also notes that the recent ... -
‘Demystifying’ science: USGS team teams up with schoolgirls on Mount St. Helens
[ad_1] Isabel Vander Stoep / For the Reflector Volcanoes do not discriminate when to erupt. So why should we over-represent certain groups of people in order to better understand their impact? Scientists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Mount St. Helens Laboratory in Mount St. Helens want to spread the message that ... -
Utah’s ‘From Frozen Precipitation to Sunburn’: Environmental Science Travel with Experiential Learning
[ad_1] This summer, an experiential learning trip through Utah’s parks, deserts and river canyons gave Trinity students a memorable new perspective on environmental science. “This trip focused on a Colorado River rafting trip through Westwater and Ruby Canyon,” said Jonathan R. Gorey, lead instructor and lab coordinator for the Environmental Science Program. “We visited Arches ... -
Educators interested in environmental science can apply for the First Rings First Fellowship.
[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wildfires, droughts, floods, unprecedented storms, and other daily news that inevitably appear on the nightly news are stark reminders that we need to pay more attention to our environment. will give you The Cuyahoga Soil and Water Reserve offers educators the opportunity to do just that and share their newfound knowledge ... -
East Side Residents Use Education And Empathy To Benefit Their Neighbors
[ad_1] Children at the New World Learning Center greeted their elders with respect in Swahili. They called the man “Baba” instead of his father. They called director Phil Johnson “Bub” or grandfather. They called the woman “mama” instead of her mother. When Linda Richardson, 69, drove her two sons, Robert and Jamal Montemayor, to school ... -
How does spider silk collect water?
[ad_1] Many water-storing substances exist in nature, such as the leaves of certain plants and the backs of beetles. Incredibly, spider silk also has structures perfectly adapted to collect water. In 2010, a team of Chinese researchers published a paper in the journal Nature We reveal important details of this structure. Scientists have shown that ...











