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In a day where misinformation is spread rapidly, it is important for us to always do our research and look towards peer-reviewed journal articles.  Here is a list of some questions about Covid_19 and SARS CoV-2 viruses: How does the SARS CoV-2 viruses spread? a)   Exchange of bodily fluids b)   Droplets in the air comingContinue reading “Testing your knowledge on COVID19”

In 1917, a paper titled “On competition between Galium saxatile L. (G hercynicum Weig.) and Galium Sylvestre Poll. (G. asperum Schreb.) on different types of soil” by Arthur Tansley was published in The Journal of Plant Ecology.  This paper explored the relationship between soil types and germination rates of Galium saxatile and Galium Sylvestre.  TansleyContinue reading “What was missing fro Tansley’s 1917 paper?”

When doing research on a certain topic, most of us look to the internet as it’s a fast and easy way of accessing many documents and papers.  A lot of the information we find online is Open Access.  This means that it’s free material that does not contain licensing barriers to allow one to accessContinue reading “Accessing information”

In the 1950s and 60s, one of the prominent goals of the US government was for everyone to have access to food (a politic move for Americans to feel more secure as wars were being fought over seas).  This revolution changed the forms of agriculture from more traditional methods, to ones involving heavy machinery suchContinue reading “The dangers of modern agriculture”

The topic of viruses has become quite prevalent in today’s time and this brings the question in whether or not they are alive.  For and organism to be classified as living, a set of criteria must be fulfilled: response to their environment, growth and evolution, reproduction, metabolism, maintain homeostasis, be composed of cells and toContinue reading “Are viruses alive?!”