by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 24, 2013 | Science + Technology
[flagallery gid=5] The odorous Titan Arum plant bloomed around 6 p.m. Sunday after weeks of anticipation. Although the plant’s notorious, rotting flesh-like smell was no longer strong by midday Monday, droves of people made their way to the U.S. Botanic Garden to...
by Susan El Khoury | Jul 23, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Be the Match, a nonprofit that connects bone marrow donors and transplant recipients, stands to lose $3 million in federal funding due to sequester budget cuts. This means an estimated 20,000 volunteer donors may not be added to the national...
by Rhyan Kronzer | Jul 22, 2013 | Business & Tech, Environment, Science + Technology
Photo by J.E. Theriot WASHINGTON — The future of a $14 million-a-year catfish inspection program that stands to block imports of cheaper, foreign-raised catfish hangs in the balance as House and Senate negotiators get ready to iron out details of the 2013 farm bill....
by Zongwei Li | Jul 16, 2013 | Education, Politics, Science + Technology, Topics
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by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 16, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — What’s that smell? Nothing yet. The odorous, soon-to-bloom Titan Arum plant is drawing eager crowds at the U.S. Botanic Garden. The six-foot Indonesian flower has been on display since July 11, and officials said it will likely bloom Wednesday. When...
by Francesca Bacardi | Jul 11, 2013 | Education, Science + Technology
Michelle Kwan, world-champion figure skater and Olympic medalist, read to students and answered their questions about eating healthily and staying fit at the first Let’s Read! Let’s Move! event of the summer. She talked about the importance of eating right...
