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Cover Image: A small coffee farm in a forested area. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Frank_am_Main) Coffee plays a prevalent, arguably vital, role in the lives of countless people. Although the coffee bean itself claims fame in homes, a recent case study suggests that coffee pulp could aid in tropical forest restoration on land previously used for …
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Cover Image: Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park (Source: Clément Bardot, Wikimedia Commons) Introduction Yellowstone National Park was the world’s first national park, designated as such by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 because of its well renowned hydrothermal properties and geologic wonders (U.S. Department of the Interior, 2021; U.S. Department of the Interior, …
Figure: Two cheetahs lie side by side. As the fastest land animal, the cheetah was of particular interest in a recent study that produced a mathematical model predicting the maximum running speed of any given animal. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, safaritravelplus) Cheetahs, sloths, humans — whatever the animal, a new study proposed a mathematical model to …
Figure: Icicles like these, which have formed on a house in Montreal, Canada, demonstrate the rigidity that comes to mind for most people when they think of ice. However, a new discovery has revealed the existence of elastic ice that can bend without breaking. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Natasha2006) When people think about ice, “flexible” is …
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Figure 1: Actinobacteria were isolated from 56% of the insect microbiomes that Chevrette et al. (2019) examined, which resulted in 10,178 individual Actinobacteria isolates. The largest portion of these isolates were derived from the insect order Hymenoptera, shown above with 2,934 isolates, followed by 2,920 from Diptera, 1,326 from Lepidoptera, and 1,139 from Coleoptera Source: …
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Figure 1: At first glance, this tree appears to have human-like facial features. This review discusses the ways that trees communicate in real life Source: Wikimedia Commons An article called “The Social Life of Forests” came out in the New York Times in early December 2020 suggesting that trees can speak to one another, answering …
Figure 1: George Washington Carver: “The Peanut Man” (Photograph ca. 1910) Source: Wikimedia Commons George Washington Carver is one of the most famous agricultural scientists and inventors in world history. Carver’s bust in Diamond, Missouri, the town of his birth, is an official national monument. Only two other Americans had their birthplaces so designated: George Washington …
Figure 1: This is a photograph of several current wearable batteries on the market. None of these have the capacity to generate power Source: Wikimedia Commons The threat of climate change has triggered the development of a variety of new, sustainable technologies. Attempts to innovate and increase renewable energy and recyclable material use have defined …
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By: Olivia Brado1, Luz Mariana Cumpa Gomez1, Shirin Dadina1, Katrina Miciek1, Priscilla Rubio1, and Elizabeth Schoemer1 1Trinity College, 2/14/21 Figure 1: A woman studying wildlife to identify different species. Originally shot as part of a promotion for the citizen science event “Loodusvaatluste maraton” where citizens focus on recognizing and identifying wildlife species in pre-designated areas …
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Figure 1: An image of a Venus Flytrap plant (Dionaea muscipula) Source: Wikimedia Commons A multidisciplinary team of researchers have been able to measure magnetic fields produced by a multicellular plant for the first time without the use of invasive or supercooled magnetometers. This finding is important despite the fact that magnetic fields have been …
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