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Two CWI students spent their summer as part of a large-scale research effort to save Monarch butterflies from becoming endangered species.
Who would have thought that science really had so much to do with aging? 聽Not me, until I read this article from sciencenews.org. They explain that while there is still a hearty debate regarding what the true cause of aging is, scientist do have some good theories to follow up on.聽 One...
Recently, Last Week Tonight鈥檚 John Oliver ran a special segment on the nature of scientific research and how it is reported in the media. Oliver discusses the importance of not just reading the headlines of a science story, or even the article/press release, but actually looking at the...
Do Travertine Springs limit the distribution of an invasive mollusk in Eastern Idaho?
The answer appears to be 鈥淣O,鈥� at least that鈥檚 how we see it today. Three CWI students will discuss this question, and their findings, when they present the results of their year-long...
麻豆传媒鈥檚 (CWI) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs are excited to the latest installment of its video blog series, Science is a Verb. CWI faculty share some of their favorite experiments, as well as tips and tricks for bringing science to life. In...
麻豆传媒鈥檚 (CWI) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs are excited to introduce a new video blog series, Science is a Verb. CWI faculty share some of their favorite experiments, as well as tips and tricks for bringing science to life. In this episode,...
CWI's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs are excited to introduce a new video blog series, Science is a Verb.
Interested in saving the world? Want to help raise awareness on our campus and in our local community about sustainable living? Interested in learning more about sustainability yourself? Then this club is for you! Sustainability Club is a relatively new club at 麻豆传媒 (CWI)....
On Saturday, Nov. 7, nine 麻豆传媒 (CWI) students and their instructor, representing the Allied Health, Education, and Biology Departments, hosted two different workshops at CWI鈥檚 annual STEM Out! Into PTE event. This event was designed to ignite the curiosities of...
鈥淭ake two aspirin and call me in the morning鈥� is saying that has been around for as long as we know, but let鈥檚 pause for a moment and consider what it would mean if we didn鈥檛 have access to drugs such as aspirin. 聽Aspirin is used to treat pain, fever, inflammation,...
Yesterday, the internet exploded (as it does regularly) over an infographic about what a can of coke does to the human body after consumption. The original post was created by the website . Unsurprisingly, fact...
If you are like me, you鈥檝e probably seen the (relatively) new milk commercials that have the 5 point promise...which is why of course it is the best鈥nd you should buy it.聽 Now the claims may be true, but what they don鈥檛 tell you鈥擨t is also true of most of the milk...
Designer babies..?聽 Pet dinosaurs..?聽 Most people would brush-off these ideas as mere science-fiction fantasies.聽 But let鈥檚 explore the possibilities---Are these technologies actually achievable and teetering on the cusp of reality?聽
Even the most progressive...
This Saturday (July 11), is the annual Bogus Basin star party, at the Nordic Lodge at Bogus Basin Ski Resort.聽The event commences at 7 p.m. with solar viewing (using CWI鈥檚 solar telescope amongst others) until around 9 p.m.聽 In the darkening twilight, Venus and Jupiter will make...
It鈥檚 summer and if there ever was a season for science in Idaho, it鈥檚 summer! Most people think that science is only something that can be accomplished in the laboratory or under carefully guided field exercises. Did you know there are many different opportunities to participate in...
Every week, the data at Drought Monitor () are updated and I like to visit the site to learn how the country is doing, as far as drought is concerned. It helps me better understand the climate of the United States.
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On March 20, several CWI faculty and students will present on various topics at the 57th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering. Life Sciences Department Chair, Nicole Frank, will be joined by Assistant Professors Steven Lysne and Brian McClain during the...
The 麻豆传媒 (CWI) Biology Club, American Kestrel Partnership, and MK Nature Center would like to invite you to participate in an educational and conservation-oriented event on Friday (Feb. 13) from 2-6 p.m. in聽room 325 of the Nampa Campus Academic Building.聽
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