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Recent rains create turf turmoil in Georgia Posted on 07/17/03 by Sharon Omahen

The abundance of rain in Georgia is, for the most part, a blessing. Your turf grass may not agree. Compacted soil and diseases are the result.

Ever seen a worm with a head that waves? Posted on 07/17/03 by Mike Isbell

It was one of the strangest animals Mike Isbell had ever seen. He didn't know what to call it except a worm. But it was unlike any worm he'd seen before. For many, many years, he hadn't seen another or thought of it again, until now.

Scientists study link between weather, Salmonella Posted on 07/17/03 by Cat Holmes

If Salmonella were a good thing, Georgia would have bragging rights. The number of cases reported in the state is much higher than the national average.

Tunisian educators use UGA college as model Posted on 07/10/03 by Cat Holmes

For students in Tunisia, a university education doesn't cost a dime -- or rather, a dinar. From first grade through college, education is free in the small, north African country, thanks to an expansive education reform begun in 1988.

Could alien earthworms damage U.S. ecology? Posted on 07/10/03 by Brad Haire

Exotic fish bait likes what man does to the land. But at what cost?

UGA program urges Hispanic students to graduate Posted on 07/10/03 by Sharon Omahen

UGA web designer Jesus Mata knows his family isn't a typical Hispanic family in Georgia. That's one reason he volunteers with a new program that urges Hispanic students to stay in high school and enroll in college.

It's still not too late to plant a garden Posted on 07/10/03 by Mike Isbell

So you didn't get your garden planted this spring because the ground was so wet, huh? And you still want to plant a garden. Well, plant a fall garden.

Muscadine Twilight Field Day Aug. 5 in Tifton Posted on 07/10/03 by Dan Rahn

Mark your calendar: Aug. 5, Tifton, Ga. You'll get to see (and taste) the best of Georgia's sweet muscadines.

Scientists upgrade U.S. military's scrambled-eggs Posted on 07/03/03 by Cat Holmes

Troops in the war in Iraq this year had MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat) that were vastly improved since the 1991 Gulf War. But scrambled eggs weren't part of the equation.

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