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Agriculture
9:00 am
Mon March 4, 2013

Exploring our global food system at the Natural History Museum

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.

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Science, Health and Technology
9:14 am
Wed January 2, 2013

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

Credit Bulldog Pottery / Flickr

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

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Under the Microscope
7:59 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Telling stories about science

Credit Lee Jian Chung / KBIA
Graduate researcher Tabitha Finch looks at the utensils and machinery used for studying elephants in her laboratory.
Science, Health and Technology
4:56 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

MU welcomes new clinical research center

Credit Nicole Neidenberg / KBIA
The MU School of Medicine and University Hospital celebrated the completion of a renovation project and a new clinical research center.

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. 

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