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Hands-on, heads-up, hearts-in learning permeates INSPIRE Day
Sept. 18, 2017 - The Norman Borlaug Boyhood Home is located 14 miles south of Cresco in northeast Iowa. The site served as an outdoor classroom Friday for more than 250 fifth graders for INSPIRE Day. Students literally walked in the footsteps of Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009). He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. He saved one billion lives. He developed disease resistant strains of wheat and worked with farmers to increase yields.
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Sept. 18, 2017 - The Norman Borlaug Boyhood Home is located 14 miles south of Cresco in northeast Iowa. The site served as an outdoor classroom Friday for more than 250 fifth graders for INSPIRE Day. Students literally walked in the footsteps of Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009). He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. He saved one billion lives. He developed disease resistant strains of wheat and worked with farmers to increase yields.
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Sept. 12, 2017 - Normally NASA is counting down to a launch from planet Earth. This week the countdown clock is ticking away for an out of this world event. The Cassini spacecraft is in its last orbit around Saturn, Orbit #293. It's the start of Cassini's final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere. The mission will culminate on Friday morning when its signal is lost.
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Sept. 11, 2017 - The names of nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 are being read at Ground Zero in New York City today. It's the site where the Twin Towers (World Trade Center) once stood. Memorial observances are also taking place at the Pentagon and at the Flight 93 National Memorial. That memorial is in Shanksville, Penn. where airplane passengers became citizen heroes. They gave their lives to prevent their hijacked airplane from striking the U.S. Capitol.
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Sept. 7, 2017 - It's peak hurricane season for states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. And it's also peak wildfire season for western states. Two hundred wildfire incidents are currently being tracked in 14 states.
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Sept. 5, 2017 - Peggy Whitson has not felt Earth's gravity since Nov. 17, 2016. On that day, she climbed into a Soyuz spacecraft. It ferried her to the International Space Station, an orbiting lab about 250 miles above Earth. She is feeling gravity once again after her return to Earth late Saturday. She returned aboard a Soyuz space capsule that landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan in Russia.
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Sept. 1, 2017 - The stunning total solar eclipse just occurred in August. September brings another amazing celestial event. Astronomy buffs will not want to miss it. On Sept. 15, the Cassini spacecraft will be directed to plunge into Saturn's atmosphere for its Grand Finale. It will send its last data to Earth on that day. Once in Saturn's atmosphere, the spacecraft will disintegrate. Cassini launched in 1997 on an unmanned mission to explore Saturn.
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Aug. 28, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey strengthened very quickly. Because of its rapid formation, officials and residents only had about 2 days to prepare for the storm. Harvey may ultimately be classified as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. Up to 50 inches of rain may fall on Houston and other coastal areas of Texas. Harvey is not expected to dissipate until later this week. The storm will move to the north as it dissipates.
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Aug. 24, 2017 - Not all eyes were looking at the sky and the solar eclipse this week. At the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG), eyes have been focused on three corpse flowers growing in the tropical conservatory under glass. The U.S. Botanic Garden is a short walk from the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. For the first time in the history of the garden, three corpse flowers are blooming. But don't expect the fresh smell of ordinary flowers. These flowers are pungent, putrid and fetid. What?!
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August 18, 2017 - The focus this week has been on Monday's total solar eclipse. It's important to note that unless the sun is 100 percent covered by the moon, viewers must wear special glasses. That eclipse stage is known as totality. However, most of the country will only see a partial solar eclipse. Proper eye protection must be worn during a partial solar eclipse. What will you see? NASA has developed an app for that! (UPDATE 8/21: Will you see clouds? Check your weather forecast.)
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August 15, 2017 - Watching the total solar eclipse from a national park will be totally cool. There will be breathtaking sights on the ground and in the sky. Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) expects its single busiest day ever next Monday. Thousands of visitors will flock to the park to watch the rare celestial event. Twenty-one national parks are in the path of totality. The path is a 70-mile wide diagonal swath of the United States. The eclipse will start in Salem, Oregon and end in Columbia, South Carolina.
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August 8, 2017 - Iowa ranks number one in the United States for acres of corn planted, according to 2012 data. It had 13.7 million acres of corn. And it also ranks number one in soybean acres. In 2012, the Hawkeye state had 9.3 million acres of soybeans. When a portion of the state is under severe drought conditions, farmers and many others in related industries take note.
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August 7, 2017 - The current United States Drought map is not as colorful as it was a few years ago. That is good news. Previous maps showed a large swath of the state of California in a deep maroon color. That color indicated exceptional drought, the most severe level of drought. The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) wants the public to learn how drought is connected to public health.
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July 10, 2017 - In June, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans opened its newest permanent exhibit - The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George Brown Salute to the Home Front. The story is told through nine galleries. Included are galleries covering the years leading up to WWII and the political discord of the time as Americans debated the nation's international role.
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June 19, 2017 - There will be a super cool reason to send letters this summer. The reason is a new stamp being issued on Tuesday. It will be issued at a ceremony at the Art Museum of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The new Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp is made with thermochromic ink. By simply rubbing the stamp with your thumb or fingers, the solar eclipse image changes to an image of a full moon. As the stamp cools, the image reverts to the eclipse.
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