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11.02.2009 11:01 am

Illinois researchers to develop gender-bending papayas

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

File this under the “Who Knew?” category.

Turns out papayas come in three sexual varieties: male, female and hermaphrodite. And its the hermaphrodites that produce the flavorful fruit that’s often sold commercially and winds up in your fruit parfait.

From the grower’s…

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05.05.2009 2:48 pm

Ambitious $12 million tornado project launches this week

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
One of the Vortex2 research vehicles

One of the Vortex2 research vehicles

More than 50 scientists are preparing to launch what’s being described as the largest, most ambitious study of tornadoes to date.

Dubbed VORTEX2 (Verification of Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment2) the project kicks off in…

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