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From dams to drought, salmon face a lot of threats in the West. Add thiamine deficiency to the list. New research sheds light on where salmon could get this vitamin.
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October 11, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes in Southern Oregon. This tale has train robbers, rumors of gold, dynamite, and all the intrigue of an old timey wild west crime overlaid on the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing world. Four innocent men brutally lost their lives on that day, and the ensuing manhunt captured the attention of the nation.
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Well, this was predictable... after all the experiments with people in real time or "functional" MRI scanners (fMRI), somebody got a dog in there. And a…
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"Leave the science to the scientists," you may have heard. But did you stop and think how many people are scientists? Not enough to research all of the…
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Star Trek did it. Superman did it. Even Woody Allen traveled through time in one of his movies (bonus points for knowing which one). In short, we've been…
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Let's talk about light. You know, flip the switch and the room gets brighter? But light is a much broader category than what we can perceive with our…
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Regardless of your feelings, it is safe to say that the Trump administration takes a very different approach to science and the environment from the Obama…
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"All science is either physics or stamp collecting," said Lord Rutherford, the nuclear physicist. A little harsh, perhaps, but Raghu Parthasarathy can…
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This is our attempt at doing a Show About Nothing. Sam Kean's new book is about -- air. In Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around…
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Isn't nature wonderful in how it allows creatures to adapt to their surroundings? Well, yeah, unless you're the creature who ends up host to a parasite or…
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There's a level of curiosity about dangerous things, especially for kids. Like "what would happen if you went outside a spaceship without a suit?" Those…
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Quick, what do you think is the greatest invention ever? Wait... before you answer, we offer an alternative question: what is the WORST invention ever?…
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We grew up thinking about people living on other planets, thanks to the likes of Superman and Star Wars. But planets outside of our solar system (and…
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Certain words in the English language come with an "ick factor" attached. One of those is: cannibalism. It's just not something we like to think about, at…