by Cody Cobb Before Thanksgiving break, my plant systematics professor told us that if we handed her a list of the scientific names of every plant species we consumed over the holidays we would get extra credit. I toyed with…
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By Rob Hebert Consumer advocacy groups are a strange animal. It seems that for every influential lobbying group with a senator's ear, there are hundreds or thousands with only vague mission statements and no clear agenda for attaining their stated…
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Written by Cody Cobb Long ago – before you or anyone in your family photo albums were born – a small, unassuming cyanobacterium was busy being engulfed by another cell. The engulfing cell's intentions were most likely along the lines…
By Melinda Yerka This is a painting done by Sir Charles Bell in 1809 of a soldier dying of tetanus. Doesn't look too comfortable, hmm? Tetanus is a condition brought on when certain bacteria, called Clostridium tetani, enter deep puncture…
Photo by Yvan leduc via Wikipedia. Editor's Note: There is so much information out there on Colony Collapse Disorder. Wouldn't it be nice if someone summarized it in one place? Kyle Bailey, undergraduate in biology at Iowa State, has done…
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