April 22nd marks the 50th annual Earth Day! Around 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970 by organizing rallies and peaceful protests to educate Americans about the environmental concerns of the times. Today, Earth Day has evolved…
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Five citizen science apps to try for Citizen Science Month
We may not be able to be in the laboratory right now, but we can still think like scientists! Right now, there are a multitude of science projects that we can participate in via the internet These projects are part…
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The Evolution of Plants
From still unknown flowers, trees, ferns and mosses in the rainforest to the vegetables and grain we eat at home, plants share a deep and in many ways still mysterious history. This history has shaped the evolution of the other…
Mutant Plants to the Rescue!
Bioremediation is a management tool that addresses environmental pollution. In bioremediation organisms remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site. Often these organisms are already present at the site. For example a group of scientists from Rutgers University discovered a…
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