Rising global temperatures are the cause of a lowered concentration of protein in pollen and could be the cause of a recent uptick in bee deaths. This and other consequences of human-caused climate change were discussed Oct. 11 at a lecture held by the Hillsdale College Democrats in the wake of several major natural...
Visiting Instructor of Psychology Caroline Kraft only minored in psychology as an undergraduate student at the University of Kansas, but after a developmental psychology class piqued her interest in the field, Kraft earned a doctorate in psychology and joined the Hillsdale College psychology department this fall. Her senior year of college, Kraft said a...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded researchers the Nobel Prize in Physics last week for the first detection of gravitational waves, thus confirming one of Albert Einstein’s century-old predictions. “It’s kind of surreal to me that it actually happened,” said Ryan Lang, assistant professor of physics with academic ties to the award-winning researchers...
When senior Abigail Engel designed her thesis project for her biology major, the inspiration for her research originated close to home —Wisconsin. “My research is about quantifying heat-shock proteins in dairy cattle,” Engel said. “I was interested in how much of a role genetics plays in how well cattle deal with heat-shock.” Engel, who...
Before a specimen can be displayed in a museum, it must first be discovered, cleaned, and prepared. During the week of June 10-17, a professor and an alumnus of the biology department worked on fossil digs in Chadron, Nebraska, with the goal of finding specimens to add to the collection in the college’s Daniel...