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Geography Professor Keith Clarke and his gracious wife Margot once again hosted a potluck dinner as an end of year holiday celebration for the Geography Department at their charming and spacious Westside home on Friday, December 6, 2013. Despite the relatively cold weather, close to 100 guests congregated in the Clarke family’s stylish living room, kitchen, and backyard for the feast. As usual, the unanimous description of the food...

Scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the oceans kilometers out to sea, providing new opportunities to stave off a looming global water crisis. The following is a media release by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders University, Australia dated December 5, 2013 and with the title above: A new study, published yesterday (Thursday, December 5) in the international scientific...

According to a University of Tennessee press release, it turns out that crocodiles can be shrewd hunters. A UT researcher has found that some crocodiles use lures to hunt their prey: Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, is the first to observe two crocodilian species—muggers and American alligators—using twigs and sticks to lure birds, particularly during nest-building time. The...