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Got milk? Or water? Or a sports drink? Good. If not, get one and raise a glass on June 23 to National Hydration Day.

Gertrude B. Elion shared a Noble Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 despite never receiving a doctorate degree. In fact, she served as a professor, received numerous honorary doctorates and a National Medal of Science, was the first female inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and was chosen as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (UK), all without the distinction of earning a PhD. Even with all of the recognition, Elion is most famous for breaking down the gender barriers within the scientific research community.

Is life on Mars possible… an age-old question that has yet to be completely answered? While current conditions indicate that the planet is inhospitable to life, scientists are now finding evidence that the planet once had a climate where life was possible. NASA Curiosity rover detected organic molecules as part of recent landing mission, but scientists are uncertain whether the molecules are the building blocks of life or created by a chemical reaction from water at ancient Martian hot springs or interplanetary dust from asteroids or comets.

An October 2014 report by the U.S. General Accountability Office that suggests the Federal Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program “have room for improvement in the way they collect and share data on pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables and other food.”[i]

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• How to Write a Blog Post: A Simple Formula to Follow
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