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We often think that historical figures in science were educated white men, as racism and sexism kept people of colour and women oppressed and uneducated.  But there are exceptions, like George Washington Carver. This historical figure in science was a black American born into slavery in the mid 1800s in Missouri.  He and his motherContinue reading “George Washington Carver”

Anything you want to know is just a simple Google search away, but how do we know what we are reading is reliable? The answer is peer-reviewed literature.  Peer-reviewed literature means quite literally that peers, those being masters of the same discipline, have reviewed it and confirmed its dependability.  Thus, Wikipedia is not a peer-reviewedContinue reading “Types of Peer-Reviewed Literature”