Avoid aches and pains when gardening
Practical tips help gardeners prevent common pains. Use ergonomic tools to reduce strain on the back wrists and hands. Alternate tasks and take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive strain and stiffness. Maintain good posture and consider back supports or tool pouches to ease gardening sessions.
Science and politics collide through flawed studies and fame
Michael Apostol critiques how repeated experiments debunked claims still fuel activism and media bias. He cites Bt corn monarch effects, anti vaccine fears tied to Wakefield, and the March for Science as examples, urging openness to evolving evidence while noting political overtones and celebrity influence.
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Understanding triggers of college anxiety
Nichole Harwood analyzes rising anxiety among college students, linking it to tuition costs and debt. The piece discusses how juggling classes work and social life contributes to stress, with calls for awareness and action from educators, policymakers, and students.
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Penn State
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centenarian sews teddy bears for ill children in Vincy
Edith Kroencke, 99 turning 100, at Curtis Creek Senior Living in Vincy Illinois, sews, stuffs, and patches teddy bears for Blessing Hospital. For 12 years she has produced about 30 bears a month with help from others, turning a late life hobby into a hospital comfort program that has yielded over 1,800 bears since 2007.
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Edith Kroencke
Curtis Creek
Blessing Hospital
Kroencke
Ruth Ann Weisenberger
Christy Woodward
Woodward
Curtis Creek Group
Quincy
Illinois
Blessing
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