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Far out
The solar system has gotten a lot bigger since the last time I remember. I heard a thing on the news this weekend and then I went down a rabbit hole of internet while on the couch. You know how it is. Bonus Fun Fact: The most distant known object in our solar system is 2018 AG37, commonly…
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Stot this way
There’s a biologist term for everything. Bonus Fun Fact: Stotting is a behavior observed in quadrupeds (those animals with 4 legs) where they jump into the air, off all their feet, and kind of spring along in a stiff-legged, hopping-like movement. It’s kind of adorable. It’s seen often in mule deer, pronghorn, and gazelle in Africa.…
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Ye olde creeping thistle
I delivered a webinar this week on controlling Canada thistle. During my research for that talk, I came across something that I thought was interesting. Bonus Fun Fact: Canada thistle was the first noxious weed recognized in the United States, by Vermont in 1795. It actually occurred before there was a United States at all (US independence occurred in 1776,…
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Summertime snowfall
You may have noticed little white fluffs drifting from the sky and settling on your sidewalk, windshield wipers, and/or hair. Really, they can collect anywhere and everywhere. These are cottonwood seeds and each year they create a summertime snowfall. Cottonwood trees, otherwise known as Eastern poplar or Populus deltoides if you’re a plant nerd, is a fast-growing…
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Smell the rain
We’ve gotten some much-welcomed rain here the last week. During one particular shower I was standing in the back yard, encouraging one of our dogs to pee (she doesn’t like to go in the rain). During the wait, I had a thought that I imagine most people ages 3 and up have had — why…
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Brood buddies
You may have heard on the news about the emergence of the Brood X, 17-year periodical cicada, that’s all the hotness this summer. Unlike their annual cicada counterparts, periodical cicada spend the vast majority of their lives underground, tunneling around and feeding on the sweet juices of tree roots. Every 2 to 17 years, depending…
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Jason E. Andersen 