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Jordan Strickler

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Covers:  Agriculture, Space
Regular for @UKAgriculture, @ZMEScience, @AstronomyMag, @NSS, @Medium Previously @Forbes Published in @gardenandgun, @DiscoverMag, @AUSAorg

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Jordan Strickler’s Biography

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I love to write everything from science (mostly space related) to agriculture.

Jordan Strickler’s Journalist Portfolio

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High-Tech Greenhouses Could Be The Future Of Agriculture

High-Tech Greenhouses Could Be The Future Of Agriculture

In a small town in Eastern Kentucky, the future of agriculture is growing. A 2.76 million-square-foot facilit…

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A brief history of Martian spacecraft and landers

A brief history of Martian spacecraft and landers

Since Nicolaus Copernicus first described Mars' rotation around the sun in his heliocentrism theory in 1543, …

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So what is the Mars Sample Return mission exactly?

So what is the Mars Sample Return mission exactly?

If everything goes well, Martian rocks will hypersonically pancake themselves into the Utah desert. But first…

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How does a touchscreen work?

How does a touchscreen work?

When I purchased my first smartphone, I was amazed by how my finger was able to control an interface just by …

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Farmers finding social media can be a helpful tool

Farmers finding social media can be a helpful tool

Kentucky Correspondent In the world of agriculture, social media is proving to be a powerful tool. Once a pri…

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15 Interesting Things To Do In Kentucky * The Art of Travel: Wander, Explore, Discover

15 Interesting Things To Do In Kentucky * The Art of Travel: Wander, Explore, Discover

When most people think of Kentucky, the first two attractions that come to mind are horses and bourbon. While…

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Orcas Are Ramming 2,000-Pound Sunfish Until They Explode — And It Might Just Be for Fun

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Researchers have found new ways that orcas could be prepairing their food for processing or just a way of entertaining themselves. Credit: WikiMedia Commons Somewhere in the sun-bleached waters of the Gulf of California, a female orca, a.k.a killer whale, clamps her teeth around the tail of a dead sunfish. She holds steady. Several feet away, a male orca — several tons of black-and-white muscle — accelerates through the water like a torpedo. At the last possible second, she lets go.
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Orcas Are Ramming 2,000-Pound Sunfish Until They Explode — And It Might Just Be for Fun

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Culture 19 hours ago When the Navy Recovered This Sunken Submarine, the Crew Was Dead. Why Were They Just Sitting There? Popular Mechanics - Michael Natale • 19h The H.S. Hunley crew corpses stumped scientists for 17 years. Researchers just cracked the case. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that sank a Union warship, was lost at sea for over 100 years. • When the sunken vessel was discovered, the Hunley’s …
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This Shark Expert Has Spent Decades Studying Attacks and Says We’ve Been Afraid for the Wrong Reasons

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A white shark. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons) At the same time Jaws fans around the world were celebrating the movie’s 50th anniversary, three young girls were trying to recover from shark wounds they endured in the past week. Two occurred at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, with another in Boca Grande, Florida. The Hilton Head injuries were encountered in waist-deep water, while the Boca Grande bite occurred while a nine-year-old girl was snorkeling.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing as a handicapper for a now-defunct horseracing site.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

It's putting a lot of unverified stuff out there.