Background: Nitrates in drinking water sources have become a chronic problem especially in areas of intensive corporate agriculture–like the U.S. Midwest. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not updated standards …
“Most people consume many different types of sugars from a variety of foods and beverages in their diet. A high intake of sugar is linked to an increased risk of …
“PFAS stands for ‘per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances’, which are a large group of human-made chemicals … that are used widely in consumer products and industry. They can make products resistant …
Background: Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. No, it is not a hoax, not a projection for the future, not a scare tactic from whatever political or advocacy group that you …
Wildfires are in the news literally every day. Fire seasons are starting earlier, burning hotter, and ending later. In recent times, Canada, Greece, Brazil, Hawaii, Chile, Oregon (U.S.), and California …
Like the Internet in the 1990’s, the hype and hypocrisy surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its real, forecast, and imagined impacts on education at all levels overflows. As a student, …
Extreme heat is becoming a “new normal” for many areas of the world. Since the summer of 2023, for example, Earth has seen some of the hottest days in modern history. …
The Great Plains and Midwest regions of the Unted States are seeing more and larger dust storms and higher levels of dust in the atmosphere. The increase has corresponded to …
“A mental model is a form of mental representation for mechanical–causal domains that affords explanations for these domains. Mental models contain mental representations of objects in space and the causal …
Background: Caenorhabditis elegans is a small roundworm usually found in soil that often feeds on bacteria among rotting vegetation and decaying organic matter; it is nonparasitic and nonpathogenic. Despite being …