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Science Corner: Let There Be Light (But Not Too Much)
According to Genesis 1, on the first day of creation God called the light into being, he separated light from darkness, he called the light “day” and the darkness “night”, and he called it good. Most of us would agree that light is, indeed, good. ...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: Christian Women in Science
Every year since 1987, March has been considered Women’s History Month. What started as International Women’s Day in 1911 became National Women’s History Week in 1980 and then a month designated to learning about and celebrating what women have co...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: More than Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat
In the recent past, Andy shared interesting and valuable information about how genomes can evolve and become more complex with his “Quandary Den” simulations and the rest of his “Let’s Learn Evolutionary Biology Together” series. These are great d...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: More than Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat Part 2
In the previous post, Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat, we learned that 1) a phenotype is the observable characteristics of an organism, 2) the phenotype is the result of interactions between the genome and the environment, and 3) the phenotype ...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: More than Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat Part 3
In the last installment of Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat, we learned about gene expression and epigenetics. This episode takes a look at how changes in gene expression can drastically change the phenotype of an organism and help it survive in...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: More than Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat Part 4
When I was a master’s student in the Entomology department at Penn State, there was one professor who, at the end of every research talk given by a seminar speaker or job candidate, would ask “So what? Why should I care?” He had a deep booming vo...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: A Planet of Viruses Book Review & Virus Appreciation
I don’t know about you, but viruses have been on my mind a lot lately. One virus in particular, SARS-CoV-2 (a.k.a. COVID-19), continues to hold my attention way more than I would like it to. However, viruses are pretty amazing, and I learned to ap...
Post · May 23, 2022
Science Corner: Bug-Eat-Bug World
It has been said that it’s a bug-eat-bug world. Although in the circle of life, it’s probably more accurate to say that it’s a bird-eat-bug world. No matter how you phrase it, nature is full of heterotrophic organisms that need to consume other or...
Post · May 23, 2022
Lerum: Study Found Teacher Evaluation Reforms Had No Effect on Student Outcomes. But That Means Doing Them Better, Not Giving Up
by Eric Lerum in The 74 Million
Researchers from Brown University, the University of Connecticut, the University of North Carolina and Michigan State recently released a very interesting study that examined the effects of teacher evaluation refor...
Post · May 18, 2022
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