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Calm Down: The Ebola Scare

November 16, 2014by athenssciencecafe

“Ebola does in ten days what it take AIDS ten years to do” –Barry and David Zimmerman (Killer Germs) There have been many different stories and fears circling the world […]

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Blog, Medicine
The Herd at work

Restoration with Goats: Ruminating on the Reasons

November 16, 2014by athenssciencecafe

I will attempt to graze over a topic ubiquitous in the southeast: invasive plants. With over 5,000 nonnative plant species in the U.S., you could say that this is no […]

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Blog, Environment, Life Science

Not so Fast Elon Musk: The Biological Barriers to Colonizing Mars or the Moon

November 10, 2014by athenssciencecafe

The reality of a man-made colony in space is becoming more plausible every year. Both private industry and government institutions are combining their collective genius to tackle the substantial engineering […]

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Blog, Physical Science, Technology

The Mark of a Bad Parent: How Parental Epigenetic Marks Influence Offspring Development

September 8, 2014by athenssciencecafe

When I was a kid, I used to travel to my local mall with all of my friends. At the mall, one of the coolest stores to visit was called […]

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Blog, Life Science

Are all forest fires bad?

September 1, 2014by athenssciencecafe

Around mid-summer each year, stories about wildfires, especially in the Western United States begin to dominate the news. Since 2000, there have been between 40,000 to 100,000 wildfires in the […]

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Blog, Environment, Life Science

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