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We Underappreciate the Role of Proteins in Our Bodies

The word “protein” is quite familiar to all of us, and yet most of us have a very limited understanding of the role of proteins in our…

14 min readJun 9, 2022

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We Underappreciate the Role of Proteins in Our Bodies

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What Is a Fox?

Three different ways to categorize living things: traditional terminology, biological classification, and cladistics

13 min readMay 31, 2021

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What Is a Fox?

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Is DNA Like a Blueprint, a Computer Program, or a List of Ingredients?

The term DNA (short for deoxyribonucleic acid) often appears in the media these days. Because of these frequent encounters, we all have a…

18 min readJan 25, 2019

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Trees and Carbon Dioxide: What Is the True Connection?

It’s not hard to find wacky ideas about science on the internet — bizarre concepts that stand out because they are so far removed from…

15 min readSep 24, 2018

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Trees and Carbon Dioxide: What Is the True Connection?

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The Curious Connections Between Water and Energy

Quickly — name three ways in which water is intimately tied to energy. Ready? What answers did you come up with? If the word “energy” made…

14 min readSep 2, 2018

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The Curious Connections Between Water and Energy

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The 10 Most Repressive Countries in the World — and the 10 Most Free

The recent talks with North Korea have brought renewed attention to that nation — and to the extremely repressive nature of its government…

11 min readAug 2, 2018

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The 10 Most Repressive Countries in the World — and the 10 Most Free

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Are You And I Related?

It seems a simple question: Are you and I related? When we phrase a question in this manner, we assume that there is a simple “yes” or “no”…

11 min readSep 1, 2017

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Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Peppers

What do tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers have in common? One obvious answer is that these are all food plants. We can grow these plants in…

12 min readJul 25, 2017

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How I Managed to Design the Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time

The Oregon Trail is, by most measures, the most successful educational computer game of all time. Many versions of the game were created…

37 min readJun 29, 2017

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Plants Don’t Get Enough Credit

I’ve recently been approached by a publicist representing the Plant Kingdom, and on behalf of all the plants in the world, I have been…

14 min readJun 21, 2017

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R. Philip Bouchard

R. Philip Bouchard

Writer, educator, and avid student of nature. My new book is “The Stickler’s Guide to Science in the Age of Misinformation”. See more at www.philipbouchard.com.

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