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This post was originally published at Urban Science Adventures! © on January 23, 2009 as Urban Wildlife Watch: Squirrels and Dreys. ************************* Squirrels are rodents, so that means they are cousins to chipmunks, mice, rats, voles, and beavers...
Confession: I kind of miss my pouched rats
The other weekend I attended SciFoo Camp at Google in Palo Alto, California. It was a real treat to meet and mingle with nearly 200 other scientists, innovators, science communicators and science facilitators...
I am preparing now to return to Tanzania this fall. So, I’m getting into my explorer mode mindset.
Have you seen a large beautiful flying insect hovering nearby? I mean glorious and sparkly greens and golds or black and blues, maybe with a little touch of yellow or violet.
I am en route to Boston, headed to the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists Meeting in July 30- August 3, 2014. The Theme is Revolution to Evolution, Shaping Our Future and I will be there representing Science!...
Research snaphots from what’s active on my desk right now. Yes, this is what has my attention these days – anogenital distances, AGD.
Interested in Science Communication? Are you a scientist or engineer interested in science communication and journalism? Are you a journalist interested in covering more science, tech, health, medicine, nutrition, environment or engineering news?...
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was an infamous clinical study that began in 1932, conducted by the Public Health Service at the Tuskegee Institute.
What do you see when you go into your backyard in the evening time? Most people don’t even think about being outside at that time until the warm rays of summer touch their skins. Summer nights mean warm nights where you can be outside until dusk and beyond and see the wonders that Mother Nature [...]..
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