Maggie Villiger
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Science + Technology Editor at The Conversation US @ConversationUS
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Factoid for #PolarBearDay: a group of polar bears is a "celebration!"🐻❄️ Bowdoin College's Anne Collins Goodyear describes how what they've meant in art has evolved over the years theconversation.com/polar-bears-ha…
Obviously I've watched gifs like this one a million times. But now thanks to Colorado State University's Jacob Job I understand how arctic foxes target their prey beneath the snow theconversation.com/how-do-arctic-…
This week's New Yorker cover illustrates how the meaning of the #polarbear in art has evolved over time, as Bowdoin College's Anne Collins Goodyear explains theconversation.com/polar-bears-ha…
For those celebrating #Easter with a few #chocolateeggs or bunnies, did you know #chocolate owes its unique flavors to the work of microbes? Colorado State University's Caitlin Clark explains how this fermented food is processed: theconversation.com/chocolates-sec…
People perceive fields that value raw intellectual talent and "brilliance" as having a more toxic competitive environment. Andrea Vial and colleagues suggest women may be especially turned off by the dog-eat-dog atmosphere and avoid these jobs altogether: theconversation.com/an-emphasis-on…
oops I think I've bungled tip #1 in the past 😬💉😢Morehouse School of Medicine pediatrician Lynn Gardner has no-more-tears tactics for kids getting shots at the dr's office theconversation.com/kids-afraid-of…
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