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After their success at local and state level, the Sparta High School Robotics team has started raising funds to compete at the 2015 VEX World Championships in Kentucky. According to reports, to go to the world completion, the robotics team must raise more than $3,000.

Now, the students of the Sparta High School have started fundraising efforts to make the trip possible. On Monday, the team is going to hold a 'Jeans Day', in which staff members throughout the district could wear jeans for a donation of about $5. Team Advisor Mark Meola said that they are a diverse group of boys. Every member of the group contributed to the team in own way, Meola added.

Scientists are trying to make a special kind of chocolate, which is expected to be healthier and tastier. They want to make the chocolate much tastier than any other chocolate available. They want a chocolate, which is more nutritious and is rich in antioxidants.

Chocolate is known to offer many health benefits, together with irresistible taste. Chocolate reduces the blood pressure and also helps lower the bad cholesterol level and reduce the risk of stroke.

It is made by using cocoa, which is processed using a complex method. After removing from cocoa tress, pods are split open and then the cocoa beans are taken out from the pods. Then these beans undergo fermentation inside banana-lined basked for many days. After that they are dried in the sun.

Arizona lawmakers have approved a legislation under which the abortion providers are required to tell women that they may be able to reverse a drug-induced abortion.

This will stop women from buying any health care plan through the federal marketplace, including abortion coverage.

The advocates on both sides of the issue said that the provision on reversing a medication abortion is the first to pass a state legislature. Arkansas lawmakers are also considering similar legislation.

The Senate, on Wednesday, has passed the proposal on an 18-11 vote, and now it has gone to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. The governor has pledged to defend the right to life but hasn't weighed in on this specific legislation.

President Barack Obama and Google top-notch officials were meeting on regular basis, revealed visitor logs. As per the logs, Google officials have met White House officers once a week for the last four years.

Since the time President Obama was first elected, high-profile search giant staff including Chairman Eric Schmidt has met with President Barack Obama's White House 230 terms, revealed the log obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

According to a new study, leaves, flowers and flowers from Merlot grapevines harbor bacterial taxa present in the surrounding soil.

The findings could help to analyze how microbes affect a wine's properties and pave the way for biotechnological advances for producing hardier crops.

The study was carried out on Merlot vines growing in five different vineyards in the North Fork of Long Island.

A team of researchers including Jack Gilbert, a microbial ecologist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois examined samples of soil, roots, leaves, flowers and grape throughout the growing season. They indentified all the bacterial species were and sequenced their genes.

The Air Force is ready to launch a new GPS system from its base in Los Angeles. Boeing made the ninth GPS IIF satellite that was set to go up aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle.

According to experts, it is first of three GPS IIF space vehicles that are planned to be launched in 2015. It is going to join eight of what will eventually be 12 such satellites that are presently in orbit.

The new satellites include a third civil signal for commercial aviation and safety applications, enhanced navigational accuracy through advanced atomic clocks.