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28 Nov 2014

DePizan Awards go to Three Amazing Scientists! Who Ahem Happen to be Women...

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Posted by Helaine Becker Earlier this month I had the privilege of attending the award ceremony for the De Pizan Awards , given by the Na...
21 Nov 2014

Why You Don't Bite Your Tongue Every Time You Eat and Other Amazing Tongue Facts

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by  Jan Thornhill Most, though not all, people can make a simple tongue roll. A few can make multiple rolls. Four is called a "clo...
14 Nov 2014

Struck by Lightning: Creative Insight in Chemistry

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Chemical Heritage Foundation [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Struck by Lightning: ...
7 Nov 2014

Science fairs and competitions: Young scientists lead the way

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By Marie Powell In 2010, 14-year-old Rui Song discovered the molecular markers for two fungi killing lentil crops in Canada, Bangladesh, S...
31 Oct 2014

The Science of Spooks

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by L. E. Carmichael Hubby and I were in San Antonio this summer, and we decided to take a ghost tour. For one thing, they are a fun way to...
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17 Oct 2014

Soapberries

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By Shar Levine As part of the research for my new book, I happened to virtually meet Dr. Nancy Turner, a world-renowned ethnobotanist wh...
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10 Oct 2014

Treacherous Glass: Bird Collisions with Windows

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by Jan Thornhill Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( Dania Madera-Lerman ) It’s October and fall bird migration is ongoing. Though most warble...
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