Marguerite du Plessis

The Science of Wildfires

“Our city is ashes. Three thousand people homeless. Can you send any government aid?” These were the urgent words of Vancouver Mayor Malcolm McLean, dispatched in an emergency telegram to the

Food Sustainability for the Urban Dwelle

Baseball has been around for almost 200 years, but even its long-held snacking traditions are shifting in the face of new consumer appetites.  The high-fructose corn syrup Crackerjacks are out,

ScreenTime Junkies

It is seven o’clock in the evening and my husband is busy reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to our six-month-old daughter. The term reading, however, is applied here in the