Mitochondria: To most people, they’re little more than a ghostly memory fragment from middle school biology. However, these tiny “powerhouse(s) of the cell” are much more than they seem. They’re actually the shape-shifting descendants of ancient bacteria that were eaten by a larger archaebacterium billions of years ago. . (If you want to know more …
Month: November 2016
[A high flow event at Glen Canyon Dam in November 2013. Photo by the Bureau of Reclamation via Flickr & CC 2.0 License.] Proposed Headine: How an Invasive Species (Almost) Stopped a Flood Proposed Dek: “High flow events” or controlled floods are a key tool for managing the Colorado River. But what happens when an …
[Inside the Alamo. Photo by Jerald Jackson via Flickr & CC 2.0, My own Alamo photos did not come out this pretty.] This past weekend, I spent three and a half days at the National Association of Science Writers meeting in San Antonio, Texas. If you’ve never been to a Science Writers conference, here’s what …