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Greenland Might Actually be Green Someday

The irony of Greenland’s name has intrigued many of us, but according to a January 8, 2008, New York Times story, In Greenland, Ice and Instability, the irony may be short-lived. A series of unusually warm springs has increased the ice melt, and contributed to a cascade of related events. The melting ice is darker […]

Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Environment, Methods of Science, Science, Technology

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What’s so Great About the Nobel Prize?

A man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing. The man gets out of the car, […]

Posted in Topics: Genetics, Science, Technology

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