https://abmoore.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Annabelle MooreenTue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thesciencewriter.org/resilience-stories/lost-apples-of-montana“One thing people don’t understand about apples is there is so much diversity [in their] purposes and uses,” says former MHOP program manager and apple enthusiast Katrina Mendrey. “The seasonality of [apples] has been lost in how we eat as a modern society.” Some apples were developed to be scrumptious raw. Others are best used to make sauces, hard ciders, baked goods, vinegar, or to set jams. Through education and outreach, MHOP encourages growers to sustain or plant these resilient trees to stTue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thesciencewriter.org/resilience-stories/lost-apples-of-montanahttps://www.redcross.org/local/texas/north-texas/about-us/news-and-events/news/dyess-afb-hosts-mock-kids-deployment-red-cross.htmlBy Annabelle Moore North Texas Region American Red Cross “Attention!” Everyone in the assembly hall leaped to their feet as a group of colonels in sage green flight suits entered. Only this wasn’t a usual military briefing on a cool October day at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. Instead, base commanders welcomed children ages 4-12 to Operation Dyess Kids for deployment to Adventureland. The event offered the opportunity for kids to experience what their grownups go through to prMon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.redcross.org/local/texas/north-texas/about-us/news-and-events/news/dyess-afb-hosts-mock-kids-deployment-red-cross.htmlhttps://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/2022/06/05/what-we-learned-when-astronaut-took-tree-seeds-space/7471983001/What we learned when astronaut Stuart Roosa took tree seeds to space With a pop like a potato chip bag bursting, the plastic bags holding hundreds of itty-bitty tree seeds exploded like confetti across the vacuum chamber. It’s February 1971, and astronaut Stuart Roosa has just returned from flying the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. Loblolly Pine, Sycamore and Sweet Gum seeds, all three natives to Texas, traveled 238,900 miles into space tucked neatly into Command Module pilot Roosa’s personalSun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/2022/06/05/what-we-learned-when-astronaut-took-tree-seeds-space/7471983001/https://www.thesciencewriter.org/scale-stories/ancient-community-aided-prehistoric-woman-with-chronic-illnessBrucellosis, while seldom lethal, leaves its mark on the bones. Based on the damage caused by the disease over the woman’s lifetime, Jones realized the woman likely needed significant support in daily life. In the archaeological record, said Jones, “there are disabilities [where] you can clearly see there was help — there had to be,” because skeletal remains have been found to show advanced stages of disease. This means individuals experiencing debilitating chronic illness must have received somThu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thesciencewriter.org/scale-stories/ancient-community-aided-prehistoric-woman-with-chronic-illnesshttps://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/2022/02/06/take-walk-through-pre-history-abilene-state-park/6639927001/Take a walk through pre-history at Abilene State Park Humans have been exploring, fishing and hunting in the landscape we call Abilene State Park for at least 6,000 years, if not more. The story of early humans here stretches back to the Archaic Period, 8800-1250 years before the present. According to a 2015 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department survey, there are 284 archaeological sites across the rolling plains of Taylor County. Much about prehistoric life remains a mystery, as we have no writSun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/2022/02/06/take-walk-through-pre-history-abilene-state-park/6639927001/https://www.thesciencewriter.org/uncharted/combat-boots-crampons-climbing-mountains“Ilma had her boots on before we even rolled out of bed,” says Vallée’s tent-mate the next morning. She laughs at Vallée, documenting their expedition with her GoPro. Bed is generous for the negative-20-degree sleeping bag layered atop an inflatable pad on the side of a mountain. Vallée grins at her camera, face slathered with chalky sunscreen. Waiting to climb, the pair sit with thermoses of coffee sheltered by their yellow-gray nylon tent. This and a snow wall protect them from hurricane-forceTue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thesciencewriter.org/uncharted/combat-boots-crampons-climbing-mountainshttps://www.nasw.org/article/survey-shows-americans-confused-about-sustainable-seafoodThe biggest source of waste in the US seafood supply chain isn’t bycatch or discarded innards—it’s seafood being thrown away at restaurants or home kitchens. A new survey from Johns Hopkins University suggests that when it comes to seafood, Americans are confused about what to buy and when to pitch. Americans waste as much as 47% of the purchase, according to 2015 research by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. This waste is a missed opportunity for human nutrition and is environmentSun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.nasw.org/article/survey-shows-americans-confused-about-sustainable-seafoodhttps://redcrossntxblog.com/2020/10/30/finding-hope-amidst-disaster/Anne Sasko thinks of herself as a people-person who likes to help others. Perfect qualities for a mass care volunteer who helps the American Red Cross respond to natural disasters around the country. “People don’t know [the American Red Cross] shows up at house fires even at 2am. We get to give hope within minutes,” says Anne. “This is what we do. We help make sure people can just breath, eat, sleep, and get rest.” Over the last three years, Anne has responded to everything from a single-familyFri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://redcrossntxblog.com/2020/10/30/finding-hope-amidst-disaster/https://www.nasw.org/article/pojoaque-pueblo-and-archaeologists-break-new-ground-listening-not-diggingAmidst the piñon trees and dusty-green sagebrush on high desert mesas north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tewa (Tay-wah) elders and youth meet with anthropologists and students for a ‘slow talk’ around the ancestral village of K’uuyemugeh (Koo-yeh-muhn-geh). They’re creating a new working relationship grounded in mutual respect. This shared partnership takes cultural responsibility by using scientific tools, multi-vocal traditional Tewa knowledge and modern technology to recover the lost history of tTue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.nasw.org/article/pojoaque-pueblo-and-archaeologists-break-new-ground-listening-not-digginghttps://undark.org/2020/06/25/bern-bear-pit-transformation/The Bärengraben, or bear pit in Bern, Switzerland, rests beneath a rose garden, at the foot of Nydegg bridge. It abuts the mint green Aare River, which swoops in a horseshoe bend around the city’s medieval Old Town. When I first visited it as a 6-year-old, 24 years ago, it was little more than a drab fortified pit, roughly 108 feet wide and 11.5 feet deep, inhabited by 12 bears. I can still feel the sting of winter and the warm wafting scent of roasted chestnuts emanating from the nearby vendor,Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://undark.org/2020/06/25/bern-bear-pit-transformation/