The Science Behind Honey with Urban Honey Bee Project
By: Brielle James
Photos provided by Jennifer Leavey
On the roof of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons sit four waist-high stacks of white boxes. For about 200,000 Western honey bees (Apis mellifera), these boxes are considered home. Together, the boxes…
ASOEL bees honey The Science of Good Dirt at CompostNow
By Donna McDermott
I visited King of Crops farm on the first cool morning of September. Last night’s rain had left a cloudy, golden glow over rows of blueberry, muscadine, and persimmon that would soon become popsicles sold under rainbow umbrellas. But I didn’t go to King of Crops for the…
Community Compost Sustainability The Science of Cross Country Running Training
By Owen Beck
“Is this normal?” asked Agnes Scott College’s newest head Cross Country Coach, Molly Carl, referring to a 90-degree fall day last year, “Shouldn’t it have cooled off a bit by now?” Welcome to Hotlanta!
While this Northerner may still be acclimating to Georgia’s…
Athletes Sports Science The Science of Spirits with Old Fourth Distillery
By Kellie Vinal
Old Fourth Distillery, nestled in the heart of Old Fourth Ward, is well known around Atlanta as a purveyor of hand-made vodka, gin, and their signature ginger lemon liqueur, Lawn Dart.
It hasn’t always been easy to get locally sourced spirits, though. In fact, Old Fourth is…
Food Science Spirits The Science Behind Cheese with Decimal Place Farm
By Kellie Vinal
You might not expect it, but nestled just southeast of the city limits of Atlanta lies a 40-acre oasis of grazing pastures and scrubby brush that 40 adorable adult dairy goats call home. Those in the know will tell you it’s where to find the best goat cheese in town -- Decimal Place…
Cheese Food Science The Science Behind the Circus with Imperial OPA
How do circus performers balance a ladder on their chin? How does inertia affect aerial shows? The science behind the circus is both intriguing and entertaining, so we’ve turned to Imperial Opa member John Indergaard to help us learn a bit more.
John, a self-described “general goofy person,”…
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