Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Person smelling flowers
Person smelling flowers
What’s the deal with COVID-19 and our sense of smell?
On January 28, 2021, The New York Times Magazine cover story, by Brooke Jarvis, was entitled: “What Can COVID-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell?” Reader, I loved this story so much, for so many reasons. Because there was cool biology, because it highlighted an area of science that…
Kadunce River Waterfall, Minnesota
Kadunce River Waterfall, Minnesota
A pair of climate justice instruction bills in Minnesota
Why are these bears white?
Why are these bears white?
It’s not about what the virus wants, it’s about what the humans do
Starting in February 2021, each month we shine a light on an aspect of science that is often misunderstood or misrepresented. Read all our Misconception of the Month articles. Fact: Evolution happens because some variants are more successful than others. …
Making the Grade? report
Making the Grade? report
"Making the Grade?" in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Richard Lenski
Richard Lenski
Congratulations to Richard E. Lenski
Hudson River, New York
Hudson River, New York
A sixth climate change education bill in New York
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Darwin Day approaches
Mystic River, Stonington, CT
Mystic River, Stonington, CT
A new climate change education bill in Connecticut
Traverse City, MI
Traverse City, MI
Forests and climate change: From literacy to action
Early morning on Father’s Day, June 17, 2018, I was in Houghton, Michigan, for my summer forestry field research. As I slept, I repeatedly woke to the sound of booming thunder, so deep it felt as though the ground was shaking, and flashes of lightning, so bright it was as though a light switch had…

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