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Over at Buzz Hoot Roar, science concepts are explained in 300 words or less with accompanying images from a range of science artists. I did an infocomic for them when they first started about the over-diagnosis of brown recluse spider bites, and I'm back again with a piece written by Roar (Eleanor Spicer Rice) about the most-likely-not-so-organic nature of honey.
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