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From dams to drought, salmon face a lot of threats in the West. Add thiamine deficiency to the list. New research sheds light on where salmon could get this vitamin.
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October 11, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes in Southern Oregon. This tale has train robbers, rumors of gold, dynamite, and all the intrigue of an old timey wild west crime overlaid on the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing world. Four innocent men brutally lost their lives on that day, and the ensuing manhunt captured the attention of the nation.
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The people who make acronyms outdid themselves with the naming of the Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog at NASA. The…
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Bones do so much for us. Fossilized, they provide records of creatures from the past. On labels and flags (think pirates), they provide effective…
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It just seems like magic. A machine uses wood chips and a few other ingredients to pull moisture out of the air, to produce water. 30 gallons a day, in…
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You see two vertical spirals side-by-side, and you think "oh, DNA." That double helix shape is THAT recognizable in our society. Today. But it took a lot…
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Yikes, the recipe you got online calls for grams of flour, not cups. How...? Don't panic. There are easy conversion charts, and you're already doing math…
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Thank Heaven for zombie movies. Now we're at least familiar with the concept of people eating brains. Jokes aside, cannabalism--eating your fellow…
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Maybe you're not a big fan of eating just plain seeds. But if you had a cup of coffee and a bagel this morning, there's a good example of the ubiquity of…
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We understand that all things are made of atoms. Quantum physics explains how atoms move and relate, but there still plenty of mysteries left for…
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The decades-long slide in church attendance prompts some people to think that we're not as moral as we once were. Michael Shermer, professional skeptic,…
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It's not the most pleasant beach experience, picking up dead birds. But it's an important task, one that can shed light on the health and mortality…
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"I am not a physicist and this is not a physics book." That's the statement from David Schwartz, the son of a physicist and the author of a new biography…
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Maybe you've taken one of those DNA tests that tells you where your ancestors lived. They can contain a few surprises... for individuals, and for humans…