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Honeybee photo. Source: NC Extension Service, www.ces.ncsu.edu

Beekeeping Short Course Offered by Extension

January 15, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Colby Griffin, Extension Agent The Coastal Plains Beekeeping Chapter, in conjunction with the NC State Beekeepers Association and NC Cooperative Extension are offering a beginning beekeeping short course. Starting February 23, 2016. the […]

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The Strange-ness: Pigeons with Backpacks Check Pollution Levels

March 16, 2016

Released by Romain Lacombe, Founder & CEO, Plume Labs Plume Labs, a technology company that helps individuals track and reduce their exposure to air pollution, is to launch the first ever flock of pollution-monitoring pigeons across London. […]

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The Strange-ness: Tiger Finds Friend in Goat

December 3, 2015

While the Bible may say that the leopard will lie down with the goat, at an animal park in Russia it is a tiger that has adopted a goat as a bunk mate. Right around the date […]

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The Strange-ness: School Start Times can Harm Learning

October 25, 2013

Research from 1980 forward has shown that teenagers require adequate time for sleep. Learning and thinking improve for teens who get a good night’s sleep. Yet schools still start early in the day, average teens staying up later, and […]