Butterflies are a joy to have around your garden. So, how can you do yourself and these beautiful pollinators some good? Create an amazing butterfly garden.
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What do you know about amazing butterflies? I bet you know more than you think. Take this short quiz and you may surprise yourself about how much you know about these beautiful insects.
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We are all familiar with butterflies but how much do we know about these delicate, ephemeral fliers? Here are 20 lesser known interesting butterfly facts.
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Butterfly facts: Butterflies are important pollinators and they are endangered. It is thrilling to see these insect aviators close-up in an observatory. The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory provides a magnificent place to view these beautiful creatures and to get immersed in butterfly facts.
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Are we keeping our homes way too clean? It appears that may be the case with rise in super bugs and allergies. It may be time to return to soap and water.
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Respect the importance of scientific literacy. Daily decisions on life, and our ability to converse intelligently is rooted in our basic science literacy.
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Wetlands are amazing ecosystems, one of the most productive on the planet. Take this short quiz and find out what you know about amazing wetlands.
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Wetlands are amazing ecosystems and there are a number of reasons wetlands are important. They are meant to be preserved not destroyed.
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To feed amazing local birds is a treat for both the young and old. Bird feeders are fabulous to have as part of your landscape year round.
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Bird feeders can provide relaxing entertainment with a cup of coffee comfy in your favorite window seat. Take this quiz and test your knowledge.
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Penguins are adorable. These birds in tuxedos are elegant flightless creatures. Do penguins have teeth? Ears? Waddle through these fun facts to find out.
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Kids are naturally curious and inventive. Games and play spark the imagination of your kid inventor and you can steer the way with these awesome resources.
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Friday the 13th strikes fear into many. Many won't fly that day or get married that day. But what is the reason we fear Friday the 13th?
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We often think of sleep as just rest but there are benefits of a fabulous night sleep. Slumber is actually a mentally active period where a lot of processing, restoration and strengthening occurs.
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Holiday gifts for the Science Geek in your life are not part of your usual, department store shopping. Where do you find these unique gifts? Read on and discover 32 fun and unique gifts for the science geek in your life.
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Leaves change color in autumn. Science can help explain it. Take this fun quiz and test your knowledge then check the map for an autumn adventure near you.
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What makes things alive? Most often that is obvious. Sometimes it is not. Try an easy experiment to investigate the characteristics of living things.
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School Science - Do you love science or perhaps have less than warm and fuzzy feelings about the subject. Take the survey and let Science Alcove know.
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Coffee had a bad rap in the past but is losing its bad boy image. Check out this infographic outlining 6 health benefits of coffee.
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What a thrill to Study in Iceland My son just recently successfully completed his first year of Integrated Science at McMaster University. It was a thrilling year, he tells me, but the work was gruelling. Half way through the year, he called me to ask about taking an Integrated Science course in May. “Its in […]
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What Makes a Firefly Light Up? I love sitting out on a cool summer evening while watching flashes of light zip among the trees and fields of my property. Fireflies are very cool in the insect world. How is it that they light up the way they do? Well, because it is science of course. No […]
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Firefly Decline? Who Would Have Guessed? Firefly Decline.? I discovered an article in my Facebook feed and was shocked. For years I enjoyed an evening light show when visiting relatives lucky enough to live in the country. Now, I live on my own sprawling 100 acres. I enjoy a nightly show of fireflies every night from May until […]
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Body farms are the stuff of fantasy – fictional ideas as in Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novel. Or are they? Decomposing bodies are the center of a murder mystery. Each body has a name, a face, a history, a life and loved ones left behind. In my earlier post, you may have read (if you had the stomach) about some horrifying […]
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Death and taxes, they say, are the two certainties in life. I find the process of doing my taxes an ugly one. The natural process of death and decay is horrifying. Thank goodness I won’t be around to watch my body after death turn into worm food. For those of you who are squeamish, you […]
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Giant Flying Bugs, aka Electric Light Bugs aka Toe-Biters Giant flying bugs —- I was watching my kid at football practice the other night. On the track, in the air and on the bleachers we saw these giant flying bugs. They were huge and dangerous looking creatures. I’m not usually afraid of picking up creatures […]
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Carved in Bone is the first book of the Body Farm series written by the writing team of Jefferson Bass. It is a forensic crime drama based loosely on the life and work of one of the writing team Dr. William Bass. The Writing Team of Carved in Bone Dr. Bill Bass is a world […]
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