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Photosynthesis & waffles: how plant sap gets on our breakfast plates

October 26, 2019by athenssciencecafe

Maple syrup is a staple in Western breakfast culture. True maple syrup – as opposed to the thick corn syrup imitation that sits in many American diners – comes from […]

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Them Old Sweet Ones: Remembering and Reintroducing the American Chestnut

June 16, 2016by athenssciencecafe

“When you turned off Chestnut Grove Road towards the school, you went up another little road, and there were chestnut trees all up that road,” then 87-year-old Margaret Miller tells […]

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