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MIT Students Create Garden Bots
Photo by Donna Coveney, MIT News.Cruising through the garden like little Roomba vacuums, these robots water, help pollinate and even pick fruits and veggies such as cherry tomatoes. College students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hope these creations will help ease farmers' burdens when it comes to cultivating and harvesting. Read all about it in Tech News World.
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Scientist Embarks on CSI-Like Quest
To Unravel Mystery Behind EggrollsAfter restaurant managers turned down his requests for ingredient info, this Harvard-trained scientist dove into Dumpsters and crawled through the trash to get to the bottom of his food cravings. Once he unraveled the mysteries hidden in the wrappers, he set out to rewire his brain. And he happened to be the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Read all about it in the Washington Post.
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U.S. Teens Battling Swine Flu
Teens from New York to Texas are battling the swine flu, the strain of influenza virus that more typically causes respiratory problems in pigs than in people. Many of the teens had traveled to Mexico recently, although some had caught the virus from their stricken peers here. Mexico has closed all of its schools until further notice, and in the U.S. officials continue to determine the extent of the strain. One of the few things they seem to agree on is that it's fine to eat the swine. Read all about it in Newsday.
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Teens Help Gardens Take Root in Buffalo
You can't talk about urban farming in Buffalo without talking about teens. In one program, some 50 teens a year learn how to farm in the city, develop recipes with their fresh produce then sell stuff like salsa and chili fixins. This summer they plan to paint an RV purple like an eggplant, then to drive it around to low-income 'hoods so they can distribute their produce. Read all about it in the Buffalo News.
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Teens Track Taco Truck on Twitter
Leave it to Los Angeles teens to turn to Twitter for their taco fix. A Korean food truck that serves up the likes of pork, chicken and tofu soaked in a red chile vinaigrette, or short ribs in salsa roja, keeps customers up to date on its whereabouts in Twitter tweets - then watches the throngs snake around the block in saliva-drooling wait. Read all about it in the Korea Times.
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