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Carol Cruzan Morton

Author: Carol Cruzan Morton

The New Big One

Earthquake expert sees climate change as bigger risk than the Cascadia Quake

News 5 years ago
Photo of Lucy Jones

Lucy Jones, 64, a geologist and research associate at the Seismological Laboratory of California Institute of Technology, has been called “the Beyoncé of earthquakes” by … Continue reading →

Endless Cups Most Beautiful

Science shows coffee flavor depends most on the original beans

News 6 years ago

The beginning of Christopher Hendon’s quest to understand how to make a good cup of coffee sounds like the setup to a joke: A chemistry … Continue reading →

E-Cigarettes Hook a New Generation of Teens

Public health and tobacco-control advocates scramble to catch up

Health 6 years ago

Candy flavors. Feels cool. Seems harmless. Kills it on Instagram. Easily concealed from parents and teachers. For these reasons and more, electronic cigarettes have exploded … Continue reading →

Sex Lives of Strawberries

Exploring genetics and fruit to kick off our new science column

Wildtype 7 years ago

Hi everyone! I’m Carol Cruzan Morton, your friendly new science columnist at Eugene Weekly. Take a walk with me on the WildType name. In research, … Continue reading →

Practice Makes Perfect Hurt

Moulage adds grisly realism to emergency response training

News 7 years ago

Spurting arteries, lacerations and impaled objects — the special effects makeup that scares you to death in horror movies may save your life someday. Or … Continue reading →

Thirst for Knowledge

Oregon's science pub phenomenon

Culture 7 years ago

A robot walks into a bar. So do nearly 200 people. In fact, it’s a standing-room-only crowd for a talk about human-robot interactions on a … Continue reading →

Carol Cruzan Morton

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