Well, it’s almost that time again. You can almost see it, smell it, taste it—that perfectly cooked, magnificent bird! How on earth could it ever be a nuisance, and what do trees have to do with anything? After all, their time will come—next month.
Back up. Where did that bird come from? More than likely it […]
Archive for November, 2008
Your Thanksgiving Turkey Can Be a Nuisance But Trees Compensate Well
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 8:04 am
Written by: Mary LeFever
How Many Bacteria Species Can Coexist on a Single Hand? (And do girls really have cooties?)
Monday, November 10th, 2008 8:43 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
Sounds like a riddle, but it’s not trivial. We’ll get back to that in a minute. First consider the scenario: The class arrives from physical education. Today’s activity was mat ball, a variation of dodge ball involving lots of kids and lots of contact with balls and mats. They’re pumped, a little sweaty and out […]
Posted in Topics: Cells, Health, Life Science, Microbiology, Science
Seasonal Changes Are Impacted by Climate Change
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 8:11 pm
Written by: Mary LeFever
For us humans, especially in urban settings, the seasons come and go with regularity and cause relatively painless changes in our lives — longer days, shorter days, setting clocks forward or backward as we just did. But for most other animal species seasonal changes do not go unnoticed. Further, when climate change impacts patterns of […]
Posted in Topics: Climate, Earth Science, Ecology, Life Science, Science
Posted in Topics: Agriculture, Birds, Ecology, Environment, Health, Life Science, Science
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