My grandfather died of neck cancer about five years ago. Cancer has always been this invisible enemy that has haunted me and so many people I know. Scientists in the medical field have been working to cure cancer. But what, exactly, cancer is and how does it impact us? Cells are the basic ...
If I slammed my mouth against a tree over and over again, I would definitely sustain some serious, lifelong injuries. And I’m sure every other human could attest to this. So then how do woodpeckers slam their beaks into a tree 20 times per second and up to 12,000 times in a ...
by Dr. Cory Franklin and Dr. Robert Weinstein William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even the past.” He meant that events from the past can still affect us now or in the future. He could have been referring to COVID-19 infections, for there is growing ...
Dominating the headlines in both the categories of “Science” and “What the …?” is the news that a $15 million infusion into genetics research might just give us the first wooly mammoths in 10,000 years. For the record: We’re pretty sure this is how Jurassic Park got started, ...
When I first learned how to ice skate, my teacher taught us to do fishies with our feet. We would have the heels of our feet touching, then we would push outward and then push inward until our toes touched. Our feet would make an oval shape that kind of looked like the shape of a fish. Why ...
I got the chance to visit the beautiful Crater Lake during my vacation on the West Coast. The sight was truly breathtaking, the water was clear and clean and amazingly blue. Surrounding the lake are mountains. Crater Lake is 1,943 feet deep, making it the deepest lake in the United States, so ...