If you raise some rats in a boring, solitary environment and then raise others in a stimulating environment filled with toys, guess what happens? Over time, the rats that are raised and kept in an enriched environment have larger brains than the rats raised in confinement. This was the result of a landmark paper in … Continue reading You’re It- Part II
Here are some little things we are thankful for this week. What are you thankful for? Parks: 170 wins, 75 losses, a 2.97 ERA, 2 Cy Young awards, 63 complete games, and a 4x league leader in innings pitched are just some of the highlights of a Hall of Fame-worthy baseball career. One night in … Continue reading Thankful This Thursday
“Fairy tales, then, are not responsible for producing in children fear, or any of the shapes of fear; fairy tales do not give the child the idea of the evil or the ugly; that is in the child already, because it is in the world already. Fairy tales do not give the child his first … Continue reading Don’t Sanitize Storytime
Here is what we are thankful for this week: Parks: I am thankful that God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation…” in Genesis 1. I am thankful that with those words, and later with the declaration that it was “good”, God designed a pathway involving hormones, cells, and pigments for us to enjoy this time … Continue reading Thankful this Thursday (11/2/17)
For American pronghorn, play begins early in life. A young pronghorn will reach its peak play at about 4 weeks of age. Playtime includes a heavy dose of running. For pronghorns, running actually means sprinting. Running and playing as a fawn, however, come with risks. For fawns play represents around 20% of total energy expenditure (Byers … Continue reading You’re It – Part I
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