Raising oysters and clams in the same area isn’t common, but a new study shows it works—and could benefit shellfish farmers’ bottom line.
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Oysters and clams do just fine when farmed together
Posted by Todd Bates-Rutgers on April 2nd, 2020
Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology 
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No Comments »Democracy Threatened When Census Undercounts Populations
Posted by Emily Klancher-Merchant on April 2nd, 2018
The 2020 U.S. Census is still two years away, but experts and civil rights groups are already disputing the results. Professor Emily Merchant’s research on the international history of demography demonstrates that the question of how to equitably count the population is not new, nor is it unique to the United States.
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Posted in Science General Tags: accurate, across, african, African Americans, americans, americas, and federal resources, appeared, believed, bureau, Census, Census Bureau, census program, census taking, census undercounts, census undercounts populations, census would, Censuses, Civil Rights, college, communities, completely, counted, counting, counting everyone, Countries, countries taking, countries taking censuses, critical, Democracy, democracy threatened, democracy threatened when, Demographers, determine, Economic, ecuador’s, electoral, Electoral College, equitably, ethnic, events, everyone, feared, federal, Federal Resources, Government, government began, Groups, had been counted, Hemisphere, historical, History, identify, include, indigenous, Indigenous Communities, leaders, nigeria’s, nonwhite, officials, other countries, participate, Participation, People, places, political, Population, Populations, possible, previously, process, program, provide, provided, question, racial, representation, research, Resources, result, results, rights, Science, Science Space, Social, Social Science, social science space, states, taking, taking censuses, the census bureau, the census would, the united states, threatened, threatened when census, undercounts, undercounts populations, understand, United, United States, voting, vulnerable, western, Western Hemisphere, when census undercounts, world census, world census program, would provide No Comments »House Considers Flat Budget for NSF
Posted by Michael Todd, Social Science Space editor on July 13th, 2017
Advocates want $8 billion for NSF, and President Trump wants less than $7 billion. House appropriators seem to be navigating a path through the middle.
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Posted in Science General Tags: academic, academic social, actually, administration, Advocates, agencies, agreement, Amendment, appropriate, appropriated, appropriated amount, Appropriations, behavioral, billion, Budget, bureau, called, commerce, committee, considers, considers flat budget, culberson, Current, Democrat, Dollar, dramatically, Economic, executive, explained, federal, fiscal, foundation, Funding, future, house considers, house considers flat, justice, Legislation, making, million, morning, National, National Science, National Science Foundation, percent, process, related, request, research, Research Budget, Science, science advocates, Science Foundation, Serrano, Social, Social Science, specific, spending, states, Subcommittee, the national science, the research budget, the united states, United, United States, year’s No Comments »Criminals are using drones to airdrop drugs and porn into prison
Posted by Chuck Bednar on June 19th, 2017
Amazon is experimenting with drone delivery in hopes to ship your impulse buys through the air, but a much seedier group seems to have already mastered the craft– much to the chagrin of law enforcement groups across the United States. According to a report published this weekend by USA Today, drones have been used on […]
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Posted in Science General, Technology Tags: according, Airdrop, airdrop drugs, and porn into, are using drones, California, called, contraband, Control, correctional, Criminals, Deliveries, Drones, explained, federal, incidents, including, inmate, maryland, newspaper, phones, porn into prison, prevent, Prison, Prisons, report, security, smuggle, states, system, systems, the united states, the washington post, United, United States, Using Drones, WASHINGTON No Comments »Scientists vs Budget Cuts: Looking Back at the March for Science
Posted by Nathan Ragusa on May 2nd, 2017
The recent global Marches for Science cast a supportive eye on science and research. And yet any discussion of support eventually comes down to money.
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