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Nature Rambles for November 2014

Prairie Chicken Politics Who would have thought that one of the iconic symbols of the Illinois Prairie could become a political hot potato? But that’s exactly what happened this year as biologists attempted to boost the crashing population of Greater…

The Magnificent Invalid

Theater is sometimes referred to as “the magnificent invalid” for a variety of reasons including weak box office. The artful, complex storytelling technique has been around for more than 2,500 years and as such seems to be firmly situated as…