The words still echo in my mind: “If you remember one thing from this class, remember that water is polar.” My high school biology teacher, Mr. Loftin, must have said it a hundred times each year...
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Sunlight continues to dwindle each day as we approach the shortest and darkest day of the year, the winter solstice. Although ski resorts open and snow starts to blanket the ground around October or..
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Every year, around the Christmas Holiday, tens of thousands of expert and amateur birders come together in a collaborative effort to find, identify, and tally as many birds as possible. This effort,..
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Where does your water disappear to after it supplies your nightly dishwashing frenzy or sunrise concert in the shower? If all contaminated water went straight back into freshwater sources, downstream..
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While some of us are still savoring Thanksgiving leftovers, others are contemplating what to cook for the upcoming December holidays. Many cultures and religions observe special wintertime..
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On November 15, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean a year and a half after starting out from St. Louis, Missouri. They poled keel boats and sometimes walked..
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Have you ever heard the phrase “dead as a dodo”? This well known phrase is an example of an animal that has long been extinct but still relevant in today’s culture, such as the wooly mammoth or..
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Whether you enjoy it or not, the sun is setting earlier but the fading light is not all doom and gloom. Longer nights mean more time to look up at the stars and take in the beauty of the cosmos. As..
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The love for all things creepy and spooky is at an all time high around this time of year. We love to subject ourselves to the horrors of haunted houses and our favorite fright filled films, but do..
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Have you ever wondered about the weird looking bug you found? Insects, spiders, and other “not-so-creepy crawlers” are some of the coolest living things to find while exploring outdoors, whether we..
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Throughout humankind’s long history of manipulating the landscape, one universal truth persists—rivers flow. And as they flow, they shape the land. It’s a reciprocal agreement, where the river..
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Hey there, sky gazers! It’s time to get ready for what’s on the horizon: one of the few solar eclipses we’ll experience in the United States this century! A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes..
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