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There is no hot air balloon in Around the World in Eighty Days
At the concert the other night, the conductor was talking about how sci-fi stories have been around for over a hundred years; one of the early pioneers was Jules Verne, whose books describe many things...
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Some rational words about Ebola
I am scared of a lot of things. Tornadoes. Spiders. Venomous anything. I am also scared of Ebola. Terrified, really. I am more scared of Ebola than pretty much any other disease, including things...
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Bad Biology in Marie Lu’s Champion
*SPOILERS* ahead for Legend, Prodigy, and especially Champion by Marie Lu. As I’ve been reading popular YA dystopian series, I’ve noticed a common motif: plagues. The Matched, Maze Runner, and...
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A Christmas Biology Lesson
My mom gave me an adorable ornament for Christmas: a bunch of festive animals on a see-saw, and you can actually turn a little crank to make the see-saw go up and down. It’s a 2013 Hallmark ornament...
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This is a story of how my parents trolled me…on my birthday, no less! You may remember that one of my pet peeves is cute holiday imagery of penguins and polar bears living together in harmony, because...
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