Friday, July 31, 2015

Board Games: Dead of Winter

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Vacation is a great time time to play board games and we played a new one called Dead of Winter by Plaid Hat Games.  Do you like Walking Dea...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Amazing Plants: Pitcher Plant

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I have always been amazed since I was a kid of carnivorous plants.  I remember getting a Venus Fly Trap for one of my birthdays and have had...
Monday, July 27, 2015

GMO Labeling

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One vote down and one to go.  In my opinion, the government took a positive step when the House voted 275-150 to pass the Safe and Accurate ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Confirmation Bias in Science

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This post draws heavily on a New York Times article I stumbled across.  If you have a few minutes take the time to solve the problem present...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Amazing Plants: Cattails

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Most people have seen cattails, but they are actually an amazing plant because you can do so many things with them.  They are considered one...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

PLUTO!!

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I'm going to keep this one short and sweet as a shout out to NASA. When I was growing up this is what we all learned:  My Very Educate...
Monday, July 13, 2015

GMOs: Why are we scared?

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I saw an article the other day I really enjoyed reading.  It was asking the question why people are scared of GMO's? The is no lack of...
Friday, July 10, 2015

The Drone Bug: Part 2

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The first drone I talked about was a "nano" drone.  These are very small and meant to fly indoors.   This was a fun drone to learn...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Amazing Plants: Catalpa Tree

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I have always had a love of plants and so I thought it was only appropriate to start going over some of the cooler plants out there. The f...
Monday, July 6, 2015

GMO acceptance in Hawaii

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GMO acceptance in the US is a little more positive than say in Europe.  However that is not to say some strong state and local resistance to...