Last week we headed to Chicago, IL for our second NSTA National Conference of the year! With such success in March while in Houston, we were looking forward to spending time in the Windy City. Over the course of three…
Last week we headed to Chicago, IL for our second NSTA National Conference of the year! With such success in March while in Houston, we were looking forward to spending time in the Windy City. Over the course of three…
Immense, colossal, massive – these are words you rarely hear in microbiology. However, they all apply to Thiomargarita magnifica, the most recent bacteria to make headlines. In fact, such adjectives barely do justice to the size of this species. Members of T. magnifica are…
This post is based on a teaching tip submitted by Marian Espola at Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San German Campus. Do you have a teaching tip to share? Submit them here: https://forms.gle/F3rrFjTGeAHhEZCu9 Satellite colonies.... that sounds like something…
What is a Supermoon? A term coined in the late 70s, it represents when the moon’s orbit is at the closest point to the Earth while the moon is in a full moon phase of the lunar cycle. The moon…