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The Science of Tempering Chocolate

Which dessert can take shape as a chip in your favorite cookie or as a bar, and can be enjoyed in both a liquid and solid form? That’s right- it’s chocolate! Most of the time that you take a bite of chocolate, however, you probably…

Three Science Haikus

Electrons, protons Wow, I do really love them Talk about atoms! Light years and darkness Supernovas and black holes Space is a wonder The earth is warming Polar ice caps are melting Oh- goodbye penguins 🙁

Who doo? You do.

**Disclaimer: This post is about poop. A few days ago I stumbled upon this webpage and couldn’t stop laughing. I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard in my entire life. I was crying, a stitch in my side. Any…

Creepy costumes: radioactive Madame Curie

This year for Halloween, why not celebrate Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?  The good news (for you, not for her) is that she died a gruesome death as a result of exposure to the radioactive…

Let’s Go!: Costa Rica

As a supporter of the “Let’s stop wearing shoes” movement that seems to be taking over the mentality of both young adults and shoe manufacturers alike (that is a later story, though), I often find myself lamenting the amount of…

A Trip to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

This past month I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the Atlanta Botanical Gardens as part of class field trip with my BIOL 4440 Plant Physiology class. Located just up the street from Piedmont Park, a quick 10 minute drive…

Earth Day Festival Turns A Gray Day Green

In 1970, 100,000 people gathered in Washington DC to protest the Vietnam War.  The deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin that year had fatally deglamorized the hippie lifestyle.  Smog-darkened skies were accepted as a byproduct of prosperity.  Environmental concerns…