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The journey of bananas: Fruitful exploration

Go! Magazine posted on January 29, 2015 In our last article of this series, you learned how bananas got from the farm to the shipping port in “The journey of bananas: From land to your hand.” This article explores the how bananas travel from the port of Costa Rica to your local store. Our story…

The journey of bananas: From land to your hand

Go! Magazine posted on January 28, 2015 Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a banana and a plantain? Well, the main difference is that a banana is usually eaten raw while a plantain is cooked. Together, they are the fourth largest food crop in the world. In the past 30 years, the…

Exploring the deserts

Go! Magazine posted on December 17, 2014 What do you think of when someone says “desert?” Rattlesnakes? Camels? Sand? What makes a desert a desert? Well, a desert is defined as “any area that receives less than 10 inches a year of rainfall.” It turns out that more than 1/5th of our Earth is covered…

Exploring the oceans

Go! Magazine posted on December 16, 2014 Volcanoes, mountains, and a vast array of species. These things not only exist on land, but also within oceans, which cover 70 percent of the Earth. Thanks to exploration, we now know there is a mid-ocean ridge, which covers 23 percent of the Earth’s surface and consists of…

Exploring space

Go! Magazine posted on December 15, 2014 On December 5, 2014, NASA’s spacecraft Orion lifted off into space. In a mission known as Exploration Flight Test-1 (ETF-1), NASA launched an unmanned craft 3,600 feet into the air, which returned to Earth that same day. But first, let’s look at the progress of space travel leading…

Bizarre road signs from around the world

Go! Magazine posted on September 8, 2014 Road signs in the United States are pretty predictable and clear. Thanks to early innovators in the Midwest, sign shapes were established in the early 20th century. They believed uniform shapes would, in theory, help drivers know what to do without even reading the sign. So, we should…

Taking the laughs out of sign vandalism

Go! Magazine posted on August 22, 2014 One pleasant February night, three young joy riders uprooted or stole about 19 signs on rural roads in Florida. Hours later, on one of those roads, three other teenagers drove into an intersection in front of a truck; all three were killed. The vandalized stop sign that should…

Why did the chicken (deer, raccoon, frog, wolf, snake, bird, bear, etc.) cross the road?

Go! Magazine posted on August 14, 2014 While we’re barreling through the countryside at 55 mph or more, most of us give little thought to the critters who live or move about near the roads we’re traveling on. But roads, although greatly beneficial to humans, can be huge problems for other creatures. We can see…

Crazy roads

Go! Magazine posted on August 12, 2014 These roads are neat to look at, but can be scary to drive If you ever drive on roads similar to those in the photos below, you should follow a few safety tips. The following tips apply primarily to driving in mountainous or high-altitude situations: Check your car…

Bridges: May the force be with you

Go! Magazine posted on August 6, 2014 Have you ever looked at a bridge, no, I mean really looked at it? Bridges can range from logs used to cross streams to the massive steel and concrete suspension bridges that span entire bays. Regardless of their complexity, there are two forces that all bridges must overcome:…

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