by d_admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science News, The Night Sky
If you are a follower of this blog you may now be wondering, what the heck is going on over there at DecoScience? They seem all little doom and gloom. We are only writing about what is current in the world of science, education, and/or art and a lot of crazy things...
by d_admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News
This week saw the death of one of the last of his kind. Sudan, the male northern white rhino, was euthanized at the Ole Pejeeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya after having a recurring infection in his leg. He was 45 years old. This leaves only 2 of his species left...
by d_admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Interesting People, Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News
When picking a topic to write about on this blog, I often turn the internet for ideas that speak to me and to see what others are discussing. Recently there have been a couple of stories circulating on the internet about a land of almost mythical proportions way, way...
by d_admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Janice Willson, Never Stop Learning, Science in the Real World, Science News, Science Quirkiness
A walking, sentient plant has been the inspiration for writers since the early-mid 20th century including the Ents in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the Triffids in John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids, and Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. Folklore and...
by d_admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News, The Language of Science
Last week I wrote about conspiracy theories and the crazy stuff that people believe (link) but this week I am following that up with a guide to trying to figure out if a source is reliable. As I have stated before, the internet is a wondrous and horrible thing all at...