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Column: The importance of bio-fuel research
In this fast moving world of rapid technological advancement, we need to stop for a moment and think about how best to conserve and protect our environment.
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Editorial: Keeping sight of Haiti
We, like the rest of the international community, are horrified by the destruction in Japan. Search and rescue teams continue to work around the clock to find missing people while the country deals with emergencies at its nuclear power plants. Just yesterday, the chair of the U.S.
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Florida research could save South American banana industry
The banana plant may be at risk of extinction due to the spread of a disease. Randy Ploetz, a researcher at UF’s Tropical Research and Education Center in south Florida, has created a six-part plan which he is sharing with the banana industry to prevent the spread of the disease to the Western H...
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Petition calls for end to water bottle sales on Michigan’s campus
Members of the University community who buy bottled water instead of filling up at a drinking fountain may have been getting disapproving looks from a group of students recently.
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Scottish researchers claim link between anxiety and ‘friend’ list
For many, Facebook is a modern day carrier pigeon, transporting information from person to person. However, new research claims the social networking website might be closer to a beast of burden.
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Dust increase bad news for students with allergies
There is twice as much dust in the atmosphere than one century ago, according to a recent study by a Cornell University professor, and the tiny particles are upsetting peoples’ lungs and the Earth’s climate.
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Column: Don’t get hooked on hookah
That smelled like a concoction of incense, fruits and cigars wafted to my nose Saturday morning as I entered Hideaway Head Shop, a Dinkytown hookah store.
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U.S. teens, young adults ‘doing it’ less, study says
ATLANTA (AP) — Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they’re doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases.
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State of Illinois moves to possibly ban tanning beds
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would completely ban minors from tanning. The bill, House Bill 1666, says tanning facilities may not permit any person under the age of 18 to use tanning beds, regardless of parental consent.
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