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Deadline Extended for French Heritage Language Program Proposals

The deadline for proposals for the French Heritage Language Program (FHLP) has been extended to March 17, 2025. Supported by Villa Albertine and the Albertine Foundation, FHLP provides grants of up to $30,000 for institutions to create French classes and cultural experiences for K-12 students from Francophone backgrounds. “Through innovative pedagogical and community-building activities, FHLP…

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Superb Lyrebirds ‘Farm’ Their Invertebrate Prey, Ornithologists Discover

Superb Lyrebirds ‘Farm’ Their Invertebrate Prey, Ornithologists Discover

The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), a ground-dwelling species of moist eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia, engineers micro-habitats to host and fatten its prey before returning later to feast. The post Superb Lyrebirds ‘Farm’ Their Invertebrate Prey, Ornithologists Discover appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), a ground-dwelling species of moist…

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Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research

A federal judge is preventing the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding. Scientists say the policy will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving discoveries. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and…

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