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Landmark national study reveals significance of green practices in attractions industry
Jan 08, 2009 |
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The results of a national survey released by PGAV Destination Consulting, a planning and design firm in the international entertainment, tourism and hospitality industries, in collaboration with the world-renowned Missouri ...
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Hold your nose and head for the hills: Titania is opening
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Aug 07, 2007 |
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Get a whiff of this: Titania, UC Botanical Garden's corpse flower, is being pollinated today. The plant's skirt of petals now measures 44" in diameter. Visitors to the garden's Tropical House will be treated ...
New eagle crowding nesting eagle pair
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Feb 18, 2008 |
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A pair of bald eagles nesting in Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Garden are used to being visited by people, but now must deal with an interloping female eagle.
Stillborn rhino delivered in Cincinnati
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Jan 07, 2008 |
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A female rhinoceros calf was delivered stillborn this weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, a report said Sunday.
Plant a garden to grow your kids' desire for vegetables and fruit, new study suggests
Apr 19, 2007 |
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If you are looking for a way to encourage your children eat their fruits and vegetables, search no further than your backyard, suggests new Saint Louis University research.
Unique study isolates DNA from Linnaeus' botanical collections
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University has succeeded in extracting long DNA fragments from dried, pressed plant material collected in the 1700s by Linnaeus' apprentice Adam Afzelius. It is hoped ...
Community gardens don't impact crime rate
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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Urban residents across the United States have dug in to create green spaces in their neighborhoods, transforming vacant lots into colorful and crowd-pleasing community gardens. According to the American Community ...
Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Language barriers in health care settings can decrease access to quality care and diminish comprehension for limited English proficient patients (LEP). These barriers compromise quality of care, and increase ...
Herbal menopause therapy a good fit for breast cancer patients?
Oct 07, 2008 |
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When it comes to understanding the effectiveness and safety of using herbal therapies with other drugs, much is unknown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher will study how black cohosh - an herbal supplement often used ...
World's largest flower evolved from family of much tinier blooms
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Jan 12, 2007 |
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The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all tiny, botanists write this week in the journal ...
Weeds that reinvented weediness
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Flowering plants are all around us and are phenomenally successful—but how did they get to be so successful and where did they come from? This question bothered Darwin and others and a paper published in the September issue ...
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