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Mag_Figs

March 23rd, 2021

Tool Drop - The Responsible Forager's Map of Canada (Beta) Foraging is an awesome hobby, but eating certain plants is better for the environment than others. Ditch the rare and vulnerable species this season, and eat invasive plants instead.


Mag_Figs

March 20th, 2021

The Alien Spaghetti Plant that Can Steal DNA This title isn't clickbait; life is just awesomely strange.


Mag_Figs

March 19th, 2021

Magnificent Figures vol. 2: I'm only looking at animal penises for science, mom.


Mag_Figs

March 14th, 2021

What Happened to Those Domesticated Foxes? You might remember those Russian scientists who made the weirdly dog-like foxes, but what you might not remember is why. It's a story that goes all the way back to Darwin, and one that's still being told today.


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March 10th, 2021

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Mag_Figs

March 5th, 2021

How The Science of Cocaine Can Teach Us About Human History Science and the arts intersect more often than you might think- and in unexpected ways! Come learn about how the science of cocaine created one of the most criminally unknown theories in human history. Image: Capulí style figure of a man chewing coca, 9th–15th century, from the Met.


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