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Like my earlier post about learning Swedish, my motivation for attempting Danish also stems from a TV show. In fact, a TV show that is in both Swedish and Danish called The…

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All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten? Hogwash. Everything I really needed to know about life, I learned outside of formal schooling. One secret the most successful and most…

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“GMO” is a term that often provokes anger, or even disgust… but should it? Are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) the savior and solution to the problem of feeding 9 billion people that…

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