Thirty nine years ago, Lesley and John Brown began their quest to try and start a family. For nine long years they tried repeatedly, and had failed at their attempts to have children. Lesley discovered that her fallopian tubes were blocked and would not allow an egg to travel from its location [...]
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In case you don't already have Spring Break plans, and you're feeling adventurous, the Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting the only North American showing of Lucy, one of our earliest ancestors.
My husband and I are planning a weekend trip down to Houston to see her, because well, what kind of biology teacher [...]
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We are about to begin one of my absolute favorite curriculum units in the entire world...honestly, it ranks right up there with evolution as some of my favorite stuff to teach in biology. Next week, we begin our study of Mendelian and molecular genetics. And not surprisingly, I've already got fodder for a [...]
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I was checking comments today to see if any of you had posted comments to the recent stories I've posted, and I noticed a comment from someone I'd never seen post in our forum before. After a bit of reading and investigating, it turns out that our mystery commenter is the founder and CEO [...]
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Since we're learning about reproduction and development for this current curriculum unit, I thought I might share with you the story of Nhlahla Ncise. Nhlahla was born in the spring of 2003 in South Africa, the second child of her mother, Cwayita. She was born a healthy 6 pound baby girl, [...]
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