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Creating A New STEM Communication Paradigm On Hive

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The smell of death A few years ago, I stumbled upon one of those stories that makes you pause and say, "Nah... this can't be real." It was about a Scottish woman named Joy Milne . For years…

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The Mushroom Test: How Our Ancestors Practiced Science Without Knowing It One of the topics I enjoy teaching students the most is the scientific method. There is something deeply satisfying about explaining the process of observation, hypothesis…

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The Elephant in the Room: Alcohol and Its Illusions I was around 18 years old when I had my first alcoholic drink. It was freshly tapped palm wine. You could drink gallons of it without wanting to stop, at least until the alcohol…

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Good Health? Eating less may be what you need Food is life, no doubt about that. Without food, no human being can survive beyond a couple of days, with the highest recorded survival period being around 21 days. As long as an…

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Global Warming and the Politics of Convenience Global warming is not entirely a bad thing. In fact, without it, the Earth might have remained locked in an ice age, making much of today’s civilization impossible. The warming…

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When Vaccines Don’t Seem to Work: My Measles Experience I have listened to and read about several arguments against vaccines. Initially, I thought many of these arguments were simply dumb and reeked of a lack of education. With time…

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Young Blood, Old Questions: What the Science Really Says About Ageing I first saw the headline on Sky News: Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals. Even though the article date 2018, it hit me like a

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Wound Healing: You Can't Be Too Careful Some of my readers know that about a year ago--in May of 2025, to be precise--my husband had complex surgery on his leg. It is not a common operation. When he went for physical…

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Something Must Kill a Man Something must kill a man. The above phrase is a popular joke in Nigerian societies, and perhaps beyond. It is usually pronounced out of frustration against several lifestyle…

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Much Ado about the Male Birth Control Pill So you’re telling me that a male birth control pill was created but canceled due to side effects… The same ones women deal with??????? It was this short, sharp, and…

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