Jonathan Rueffer Science Editor When visiting a website, you have probably encountered a pop-up banner asking you to accept cookies. You have also likely clicked “accept all” or “accept necessary cookies only” just to make the notification disappear. But what are cookies, and what does …
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Salted earth: the hidden cost of winter safety
Sara Moore Science Editor From Jan. 23-26, the United States experienced one of the largest snow storms in recent memory, rivaling the blizzard of 2016. Nicknamed “Fern” by the National Weather Service, the storm stretched over 2,300 miles from Arizona to Maine, impacting more than …
The chemistry of coffee: Wooster Science Café
Sara Moore | Science Editor On Nov. 4, the community gathered at the Lyric Theater in downtown Wooster, not to watch a film, but to attend this month’s Wooster Science Café. November’s lecture was titled “The Chemistry of Flavor,” and was presented by Joe Vaughan and …
Growing life after death: green burials
Sara Moore | Science Editor What happens when you die? Spiritually, no one really knows. Physically, your body is typically prepared for your eternal rest in the form of burial or cremation. According to the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2025 cremation and burial report, 63% of …
An Ocean Discovery Lecture Series: History under the sea
Sara Moore | Science Editor On Sept. 25, The College of Wooster welcomed Dr. Elizabeth C. Sibert from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Sibert’s talk, titled “A Microfossil History From the Bottom of the Sea: Sharks, Fish, Mass Extinctions and 85 Million Years of Global …