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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsWhere can you fly a plane, fight a wildfire and dissect a human body in one place? At the Hall of Simulation at the Cal Poly Humboldt library. This endeavor is part of an effort to connect with the local community. -
Author Neil Shubin joins the exchange to discuss his decades of research at both poles.
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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… -
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… -
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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Thank Heaven for zombie movies. Now we're at least familiar with the concept of people eating brains. Jokes aside, cannabalism--eating your fellow… -
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…
