| Title |
Excerpt |
Author |
Date |
| 2010 Missouri Hunger Atlas Shows Food Insecurity Has Worsened |
One in four Missouri families with children worries about putting enough food on the table, according to the 2010 Missouri Hunger Atlas recently released by a team of University of Missouri researchers. The atlas, a county level report of food insecurity in the state, found that more than 900,000 Missourians… |
Randy Mertens |
08/19/10 |
| Civil War Weather Detectives |
Historians and military analysts have pored over the Wilson’s Creek battle that occurred during the first months of the Civil War for clues about an event where Missouri was almost lost to the Union. While artifacts and written records detail the composition and movement of troops and armaments in good… |
Randy Mertens |
08/10/10 |
| A Bird’s Eye View |
One would think that Missouri’s birds fly wherever they want. Research is showing that resident jays, woodpeckers and cardinals are not so free, however. They stick close to a home forest and avoid flying over large areas of clear space. When the landscape is changed when trees are cut down… |
Randy Mertens |
07/27/10 |
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