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Commentary: Educating the Public on Food Safety
In 1993, the Pacific Northwest witnessed an outbreak of the pathogen Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7 from undercooked, contaminated hamburgers se...
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Editor's Corner: Food for Thought
Food issues often appear in the news and other media. For example, the media regularly address food safety concerns—from Bovine Spongiform Encephalo...
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Idea Bank: Using Food Science as a Thematic Unit
While rethinking the math and science program for ninth- and tenth-grade high school students, the authors found that the math, English, and social st...
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The human race is learning to live with the restless nature of Earth. Thanks to the work of Earth scientists, we can forecast and prepare for many nat...
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Through the following inquiry-based activity involving yeast, students learn about cell size in a way they will never forget. Essentially, each studen...
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Shedding Light on the Inverse-Square Law
One way to show students that they can “do” science is to have them use an observable event to generate a relationship that can be used as a predi...
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Industrial Toxicologist Greg Allgood
Are you ever curious about the safety of sugar substitutes, air pollution, or your city’s tap water? Chemicals may make the world go around, but som...
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Idea Bank: Beginning the Year with a Symposium
To address the concern of common lag time at the beginning of the school year, the science department at Detroit’s Kettering High School opened the ...
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Deep-Cave Explorer Barbara Anne am Ende
Barbara Anne am Ende first learned about the wonders of caving during a simple visit to a commercial cave at the age of 14. Shortly thereafter she t...