There’s something about the idea of nuclear power plants creating nuclear energy that brings out the chills in most people. They have visions of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl. But are they right to do so? Or is…
It’s not often that we tackle a question of such enormity. And the answer is quite complicated but we’ll give it a go. However, if you’re hoping for Mother Nature’s real name by the end of this article… you’re probably…
Lynn Margulis was one of biology’s most colorful and accomplished individuals. She was one of the earliest proponents of the Gaia hypothesis and a trailblazer in Molecular biology. She attend the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools when she turned 15…
Yes, I loved balloons when I was a kid. They were a big part of every birthday party I attended in grade school. So when our kids came along we wanted their parties to be awesome too but latex balloons…
We start with a warning that we do not condone breaking the law. We intend this to be an explanation as to what micro-dosing is rather than an instruction to go ahead and do it yourself. We urge you to…
If the last years have taught us anything, it’s that we could all do with a better understanding of science. And if school taught us anything, it’s that dry and dull science textbooks are not the way to do it.…
Americans throw away over 27 million tons of plastic each year. That is nearly 18.5% of all the waste that ends up landfills over the course of a year too. We can do better and one of the easiest ways…
There may be no more famous environmentalist on earth than Dame Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall is renowned for her work as an anthropologist and primatologist. She spent 60 years studying the social interactions of our close relatives, the chimpanzee, in…