Tag: July 2024
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A Lament for Language
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop After years of working at the agriculture office, I have come to realize that agriculture is ground zero for jargon and its fallout on effective communication. Jargon is everywhere. Once,…
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Honey Bees on the Dark Side
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Observations and thoughts on honey bee behavior during a solar eclipse By: Ross Conrad On April 8, 2024, northern New England won the metrological lottery. With clear skies and warm temperatures in the…
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The Hopeful State of Probiotic Science
By: Kirk Anderson A probiotic is a living microbe that when consumed, has health benefits. Simple enough. But to truly understand probiotic science and its intimate relationship with consumerism, lets look at human probiotics. Googling with particular attention to the source of scientific information, we find that hopeful advertisement or colorful subjective comparison often qualifies…