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Do like you oughta, add acid to water
This is an old rhyme taught to students in many chemistry classes so that they’ll remember the correct way to combine strong acid and water. […]
Dead Armadillo Wrasslin’
Long, long ago in a land far, far away, I happened to be a biology major taking an ecology class. And our professor, Dr. D., […]
The Skunk Incident
During my senior year of college, a friend of mine took a mammalogy class. His professor offered the students extra credit if they would help […]
The Earth’s Moons
Everybody knows that the Earth has a moon: Luna* is roughly a quarter of the size of our planet and is second only to the […]
Why I Stopped Wanting To Be a Biologist When I Grew Up
It all started innocently enough. I had just begun my senior year as a biology major at a West Texas college, and I had just […]
Science Articles
“Natural Substances Power Perfume” (pub. 2/28/94) “Kirkwood Observatory Has Long History At IU” (pub. 4/17/95) Natural Substances Power Perfume Americans shell out millions of dollars […]
Journalistic bias and science reporting
While many people believe that the media are inherently biased, those of us who’ve gotten degrees in journalism have had it drilled into our skulls […]