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Here in Washington, D.C., spring doesn’t really start until the cherry blossoms show up. Streets, parks, and the National Mall all transform into a sea of pink and white, with people from all over the world coming to see the…
It started with a mystery and then a high-tech search. In the 1990s, Dr. Jonathan Zehr, an ocean ecologist at the University of California, found an eye-catching DNA sequence in the water samples he was studying. Analysis of the sequence…
When the nonprofit REAL School Garden introduced school gardens to 90 elementary schools, they saw increases of 12-15% in students' standardized test scores, with the largest gains in science. While your students may have outgrown their elementary days, the advantages…
Mistletoe, a plant that has become synonymous with holiday cheer, is also a fascinating organism from a scientific and biological perspective. Scientifically, mistletoe refers to a group of parasitic plants that grow on the branches or trunks of trees. Unlike…
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