Category: Reference & Education, Science
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High school athletes can go to pros after high school?
not all sports, you can in Hockey, Baseball, Golf, and Tennis at least. The first two are minor leauge, high school; go source, but still professional.
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New plan to bolster schooling as graduation rate dips
Australian students will receive more support to finish year 12 as the federal government attempts to stem the growing drop-out rate at public schools. The number of Australian children finishing high school has gone backwards, dropping from 85 per cent to 79 per cent in seven years. The fall is even more pronounced at public…
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NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – In the moments before NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images of this small celestial object and its larger companion Didymos. These images have enabled scientists to unravel the complicated history of these two…
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Stores lure back-to-school shoppers with deals and ‘buy now, pay…
NEW YORK (AP) – Mass market retailers in the U.S. are plying shoppers with offers for computers, clothes and other back-to-school essentials at affordable prices. To seal the deal, they are marketing “buy now, pay later” services as a way for customers to spread out the cost of going back to class in style. The…