Earth Day 2018: Ocean sweeper set to corral plastic debris
As another Earth Day rolls around, it’s easy to become discouraged about huge problems, with no seeming solutions. The ocean’s floating plastic problem is…
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New blood test identifies heart attack
A new blood test that became available in the U.S. in January 2017, can rule out heart attack in patients with symptoms and suggest whether a patient is…
April and May welcome the vivid colors of tulips
Tulips will open their colorful petals this month in a familiar and welcome nod to spring that, sadly, lasts only about a week. Still, the vivid colors of…
Speculative bubbles: tulips and Beanie Babies The rise and crash of the tulip
Tulips were once worth more than gold and diamonds and it all happened during the 100-year Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. Tulips, which had been…
Women’s History Month: Sister adventurers unlock the past
As the 19th century came to a close, European women were expected to learn to read, sew, and perhaps if their station merited it, speak a little…
Med Tech: The new stethoscope
The new stethoscope Researchers at Utah State University have developed special software that works with a video camera to measure heartbeat effects in…
Powerful anti-depressant
A hallucinogenic drug, Ketamine, is being evaluated for its anti-depressant qualities, according to New Atlas. Ketamine was originally developed in the…
New interest in old antibiotic
The frightening possibility of antibiotic resistance would make wounds deadly and surgery dramatically risky. Australian scientists are part of the…
Irish in America: Successful and forgetful
St. Patrick’s Day, it is said everyone is Irish and a sweet sentiment it is, too, but the fact is Irish immigration to America has slowed to a trickle and…
March is Disability Awareness Month: A child breaks all the rules and everyone dances
A True Story By Cecelia L. Smith A very lively and curious 3 year-old was running through Starbucks, making her sparkly neon shoes blink. She nearly…