The exhibitors at the Agriculture-Science Street Fair had many lessons for the fairgoers crowded under the Show-Me tent on Saturday — What does a light wave have in common with Jolly Rancher candy? Can you make a robot from a toothbrush? What happens after a daisy is dipped in liquid nitrogen? — but the most important takeaway was this: Science is all around us, a part of our everyday lives.
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