Pennsylvania Inside Out: Gamma Ray Explorer, Astroturf Installation, Culinary History

Pennsylvania Inside Out: Gamma Ray Explorer, Astroturf Installation, Culinary History

Penn State scientists will soon operate the Mission Control Center for the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer which will provide the most detailed observations of gamma ray bursts to date. New research published in the American Journal of Public Health by Penn State dietician Sibylle Kranz indicates that preschoolers' diets have improved a bit-but-as kids get older, their diets get worse. In Where’s Charlie, we look at the installation of Astroturf. A new cookbook, The Pennsylvania Trail of History, co-edited by Diane Reed, piques our interest in the culinary history of Pennsylvania.

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