Moth Forces Napa Valley’s Secret Into Open
A grape eating moth from Europe threatens Napa Valley vineyards as lax quarantine practices face scrutiny. Suitcase cloning of vine cuttings circled among vintners to bypass USDA delays, prompting calls to end illicit import of plant material and tighten controls.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Europe
Napa Valley
France
U.S
Napa
Greg
Clark
Napa County
USDA
Jim Lincoln
Gazan astronomer brings first telescope to Gaza stargazers
Suleiman Baraka, NASA researcher and space weather expert, returns to Gaza to teach astronomy. He secured Gaza's first telescope donated by the International Astronomical Union and plans university courses, an observatory, and a geomagnetic station in a blockaded region. He held a star party at his late son's school with dozens of students and adults seeking hope through space.
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Khan Younis
Gaza Strip
Suleiman Baraka
Gaza
NASA
U.S. Space Agency
International Astronomical Union
Israel
Egypt
Baraka
Ibrahim
Hamas
Virginia Tech
National Science Foundation
U.S
Black rector leads South Africa's oldest white university
Jonathan Jansen became the first black rector of the University of the Free State and halted a criminal case against four white students tied to a video showing janitors eating a stew with urine. He offered two expelled students a path back, while aiming for real multiracial integration despite protests from white and black factions.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
University of the
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress Youth League
Jansen
Mathusi Lepheane
Lepheane
Free State
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Abdullah Majaideh
Jeffrey Hoffman
Bob Williams
West Bank
S. African School
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
South Africa University of the Free State
Jonathan Jansen
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