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Mary Beth Griggs
Mary Beth Griggs
Mary Beth is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and has a B.S. in Geology and Archaeology from Tufts University. As a direct result of her undergraduate majors, she has an unhealthy interest in old rocks and natural hazards. She has a blog on those subjects at www.therocksknow.com.
Mary Beth Griggs • January 4, 2012
An encounter with MRSA, the scourge of the health care world
Mary Beth Griggs • January 4, 2012
Nerd gifts and changing times
Mary Beth Griggs • December 5, 2011
Scienceline’s editors are excited to unveil our first ever iPad App
Mary Beth Griggs • November 14, 2011
A star (ruby) is born
Mary Beth Griggs • November 7, 2011
Mondays making you blue? Here’s a mineral for you.
Mary Beth Griggs • October 31, 2011
Warding off evil spirits and bacteria for millennia
Mary Beth Griggs • October 24, 2011
So what do minerals teach us anyway?
Mary Beth Griggs • October 17, 2011
Mineral names, elements switching places, and olivine!
Mary Beth Griggs • October 12, 2011
The mineral behind fluorescence takes center stage
Mary Beth Griggs • September 23, 2011
Since Talk Like a Pirate Day fell on a Monday this week, it got supplanted by Mineral Monday, but pirates can't be ignored for long...
Mary Beth Griggs • September 19, 2011
Fall is here, and that means Mineral Mondays are back! This Monday features the exquisitely named cinnabar.
Mary Beth Griggs • August 22, 2011
How pathogens are threatening the health of American trees and forests
Mary Beth Griggs • July 4, 2011
There's a lot going on up in the sky
Mary Beth Griggs • May 31, 2011
A few people are fighting to give the city’s injured wildlife a second chance
Mary Beth Griggs • May 18, 2011
Or, how weather can relate to geology