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Mistletoe Magic

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” — Alexander Smith Who doesn’t appreciate a warm embracing smooch? Especially this time of year. The pleasure for puckering up is as simple as placing yourself under that sprig of fauna known as mistletoe. A parasitic plant Mistletoe is not a single plant but rather a …

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Climate Change: How Can Nova Scotians Adapt

Climate change is what we expect, weather is what we get — Mark Twain These are not words spoken by a present-day climatologist or environmentalist. In fact, they were uttered in the 1800s by one of America’s most inspiring writers, Samuel Clements (alias Mark Twain). The present-day truth of his words would have him bemused. …

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The Halloween Pumpkin Problem

The carving of pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns has long been a creative and spooky Halloween tradition. But few understand how the mutilation of produce came to be a common October custom.  Carving pumpkins during Halloween is derived from an Irish myth recounting the story of a man known as Stingy Jack. Stingy Jack tricked the devil for monetary …

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Say My Name! African Elephants Might Communicate with Each Other Using Personal Names

Do elephants use names to communicate? Animals can communicate with other individuals to attract, alert, or dominate, which plays an important role in their lives. Communication between animals occurs when a sender organism does an action or signal perceived by a receiver organism, which likely would alter its behaviour pattern in an adaptive way to …

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Growing Hog Wild

“Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste” – William Shakespeare Weeds. You either like them or you don’t.  Unarguably, some weeds are a beauty to behold. Who would cringe upon seeing a field of yellow dandelions or a flowering swamp of milkweed? It all depends on your perspective – how one defines beauty. As …

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Ridding the Pests the Natural Way

Pesticides. They’ve been around for a long time. People have used pesticides before 2000 BCE. In ancient Mesopotamia, about 4,500 years ago, crops were protected and dusted with sulfur fungicide. Toxic chemicals, such as arsenic, mercury, and lead became the norm by the 15th century.  Non-essential or “cosmetic” pesticides (herbicides) came much later in the …

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