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Bruce Hammock (right) with Hammock lab researchers Jun Yang (far left) and Sung Hee Hwang; all are with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Parkinson's Disease Research: Paper of the Month

July 10, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A research paper on Parkinson's disease that's the work of scientists at Chiba University, Japan, and the University of California, Davis, has been selected as an Extramural Paper of the Month by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
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Nutrition Educator Ashley Abrahamson shares information about sugar sweetened beverages at ReThink Your Drink Day
UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties: Article

Rethink Your Drink Day

July 10, 2018
Sugary beverages are a sneaky source of excess sugar and calories. According to the CDC (2017), every day 63% of children and 49% of adults drink a sugar-sweetened beverage.
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Colusa County: Article

Heat Awareness

July 10, 2018
It's hot outside but I need to get weed the garden! Here are some tips to stay safe in the heat.
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heat damage to redwood
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Frost Damage in July?

July 10, 2018
By Ben A Faber
So, this weekend we had some hot weather and the damage from that heat is apparent in all kinds of plants. Sycamores, cottonwoods and willow in the Santa Clara River bottom look torched. Redwoods in the landscape look like a new disease has hit them.
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Sign of giant hogweed. Photo by Gavin Edmondstone.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Giant hogweed in the news

July 9, 2018
Invasive plants don't get much coverage in the news, especially at the state and national level.
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A crabronid wasp or beewolf foraging on a pineapple sea lily (Eryngium horridum) at the Morningsun Herb Farm, Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why Beauty Is in the Eye of the Bee-Holder

July 9, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was right. In Molly Bawn, published in 1878, Hungerford wrote "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," meaning that our perception of beauty is subjective. Beauty is also in the eye of the bee-holder, that is, a predator that "holds" bees.
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