The famine was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, commonly known as late blight, which destroyed potato crops, the staple food for much of Ireland’s poor. This microorganism is very ...
DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...
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Frighteningly Good Friday Favorites

Happy Halloween! Welcome to this edition of Friday Favorites, they’re frighteningly good! Let’s start with last weekend and ...
Both the girls and boys claimed Class AAA Region 3 championships on a wet, chilly night in Fairlea. With it for each comes a ...
An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the ...
Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the ...
Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just ...
Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial will present its Flossmoor Veterans’ Time Machine project Oct. 31 at the Constitutional ...