• E Coli bacteria surrounded by a cluster of titanium oxide and silver nanoparticles.

    WARNING, MAY CAUSE SIDE-EFFECTS: NANOPARTICLES IN THE ENVIRONMENT

    If you watch television at all, you’ve seen advertisements suggesting that some new medicine is the best remedy for a particular disease. In stark contrast to a montage of agile women practicing yoga in a field of flowers and a pain-free granddad tossing a football to …

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  • Photo by the author -- explore more of the North Cascades in Carolyn Wilke's travelogue gallery.

    THE CHANGING FACE OF THE NORTH CASCADES

    I woke freezing like a popsicle inside my 20ºF sleeping bag. Yes, it is typically cold at high altitude, but usually this bag keeps me a bit too toasty. Now, the moist air chilled my bones, so I curled myself up to conserve body heat. Why was it so cold and what was …

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  • These apiaries, or beehives, are perched on top of City Hall in downtown Chicago. Image sourced from Wikimedia and used under Creative Commons.

    WON’T YOU BEE MY NEIGHBOR?: PART 2

    How much time do you spend thinking about bees? I’m guessing any attention they do get is relegated to those occasions when a buzz, and the associated threat of pain, disrupts a summer picnic or a tranquil lounge by the pool. Would you be surprised …

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A landfill in front of trees, full of plastics -- including non-recyclable polyurethanes

Just Like Chocolate

Recycling plastics for a greener future By: Molly Sun Every day, I cook up something new – fresh biscuits, fettuccine, and even soft-serve ice cream. […]

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A landfill in front of trees, full of plastics -- including non-recyclable polyurethanes

Just Like Chocolate

Recycling plastics for a greener future By: Molly Sun Every day, I cook up something new – fresh biscuits, fettuccine, and even soft-serve ice cream. […]

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OF PAINT AND POLLOCK

Everything goes in and out of Venice on flat barges — no walls, edges, or rails to steady the contents, even when it’s expensive scientific equipment. So I sat with my hands on as many boxes as I could as we sped through the narrow canals of “The Floating City,” …

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