Sara Moore Science Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 4, The College of Wooster welcomed Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Peter Mortensen Lecture, which was held in Freedlander Theatre. Kimmerer is the author of “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,” which freshmen read as …
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Deep sea hard minerals mining
Zanna Anderson Managing Editor Despite the hardship of navigating the depths of the ocean, American and Chinese entities are racing to harvest critical minerals from the seafloor. According to the National Ocean Service, lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements are among the …
Celebrating National Chemistry week with RNR synthesis
Celeste Probart Contributing Writer National Chemistry week, the week of Oct. 23, marks the chemistry department’s annual Helen Murray Free lecture series. This year’s speaker was Catherine Drennan, a biochemist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Drennan began her …
Night of the living ants: zombie parasitism
Sara Moore Science Editor While human zombies do not walk among us, there are “zombies” who exist in nature. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, more commonly known as the zombie-ant fungus, is an insect-pathogenic fungus that targets members of the tribe Camponotini — most often carpenter ants. While …
Climate change around the Woo
Zanna Anderson Business Manager On Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. in Allen Commons, the Office of Sustainability hosted an event called “Climate Change Around the World,” where 11 Wooster students presented on how climate change affected the locations where they studied abroad. Basil Keck ’28 …
New cat species discovered in South America
Sara Moore Science Editor Most people are familiar with the domestic cat (Felis catus). From homes and barns to the steps of Kenarden –– where campus cat Sunflower can often be spotted –– domestic cats are everywhere. What people might not know is just how …