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Driving with a Firefly Researcher on Continental CrossContact™ LX25 tires

Ecology graduate researcher Kelly Ridenhour drives all over the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia at dusk in search of the eastern firefly known as the “Big Dipper.” In this video she’s outfitted with Continental CrossContact™ LX25 tires as she crosses country roads, highways, and city streets. Kelly founded the Atlanta Firefly Project, one…

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Ecology graduate researcher Kelly Ridenhour drives all over the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia at dusk in search of the eastern firefly known as the “Big Dipper.” In this video she’s outfitted with Continental CrossContact™ LX25 tires as she crosses country roads, highways, and city streets. Kelly founded the Atlanta Firefly Project, one of the first ever censuses of fireflies. She’s utilizing community science data to better understand the glowing creatures—all with the purpose of increasing their populations in urban areas so cities can sparkle with fireflies at night again.

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  1. @TreesAtlanta

    December 7, 2021 at 11:28 am

    We are super proud of Kelly and her hard work on the Atlanta Firefly Project, as well as her work with Trees Atlanta. Nice work, Kelly!

  2. @vedeckeokienkoskveda2257

    December 22, 2021 at 6:52 am

    Great

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Americans loved drinking radioactive ‘miracle water’ in 1920s

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If you lived in the 1920s, you might have found a pamphlet advertising “the greatest therapeutic force known to mankind.” Radithor was a tiny bottle of clear, colorless water that claimed to cure acne, anemia, heart disease, poison ivy, impotence, asthma, and any other malady you could imagine.

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Reported by: April White
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