Share: A bat colony prepares their hibernation in a North American cave during the cold hours of fall 2007. Until spring comes in time for insect populations to increase, these bats will remain in a deep sleep largely uninterrupted, living off accumulated fat that will last through the winter. The caves themselves drop down to temperatures as low as 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Far too bitter for humans but ideal for bats escaping the incoming winter winds. These temperatures are also ideal for a particular strand …
Flowers and formaldehyde: human dissection offered in spring
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Students to build nano particles with new scanning electron microscope
This semester PCC chemistry students will be building particles so small that they change color.
Gold, on the nano scale, ceases to have its signature color, but turns red.