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Becoming a Wikipedian allowed me to understand the true extent of why vetting and citing information matters. As university students, we often view citing sources only in terms of writing essays and lab reports, however, this should not be the case. Citations hold incredible power even in a non-academic setting. Before becoming a Wikipedian IContinue reading “Citing Sources is Not Only for Your Essays”

Lucy Beatrice Moore is known as the ‘the mother of New Zealand botany’ was born on 14 July 1906 in Warkworth, New Zealand. She grew up as the fifth child of eight siblings on their farm, Huamara. Her parents Janet Morison and Harry Blomfield Moore (librarian) encouraged her love for nature and plants. After attendingContinue reading “Lucy Beatrice Moore: A Brief Biography”

Henry Chandler Cowles was born on 27 February 1869 on a small farm in Connecticut, USA. He was the oldest son of Henry Martyn Cowles (a farmer and market gardener) and Eliza Whittlesey (a Sunday school teacher and daughter of a Cleveland judge). On 27 March 1888 Cowles graduated from New Britain High School andContinue reading “Henry Chandler Cowles: A Brief Biography”

Peer-reviewed articles refer to sources that are reviewed by a panel of authorities and are thus more reliable than sources that have not been peer-reviewed. Research articles in peer-reviewed journals [primary literature] and chapters in edited textbooks [tertiary literature] are some examples of peer-reviewed sources. Peer-reviewed sources are generally more robust since they have undergoneContinue reading “The Three Types of Literature”

What the 2019 Report on Climate Change says about Vegetation Loss The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) an intergovernmental panel of the United Nations published a short report last year. This Summary for Policy Makers also holds integral information on the impacts of climate change on vegetation worldwide. An increase in photosynthetically active plantContinue reading “Shades of Green and Brown”

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett Every student knows the nerve-wracking experience of failure. Whether we have failed in a biodiversity class, or we think we are going to fail a report on organic chemistry, failure keeps us from moving. Science is all about action, andContinue reading “Advice to Science Students: Learn How to Fail!”