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Science & Nature Why Do South Florida Building Codes Require Doors to Swing Outward? August 27, 2021

Science & Nature How Did Life Blossom After the Extinction of the Dinosaurs? August 2, 2021

Science & Nature What Was Leonardo Da Vinci's Theory on Trees? July 29, 2021

Science & Nature Who Did It First? The Simpsons or Stephen King? July 21, 2021

Science & Nature Where Can You Commonly Find Venus Flytraps? June 14, 2021

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Science & Nature How Did Evolution Bring Back a Flightless Bird from Extinction? June 2, 2021

Science & Nature Why Are Barns Red? June 1, 2021

Science & Nature Where Can You Commonly Find Venus Flytraps in the US? May 29, 2021

Science & Nature What Are Dog Days of Summer? May 28, 2021

Science & Nature How Did Orange Peels Save an Entire Rainforest? May 3, 2021

Science & Nature How Does Your Brain Understand Puns? April 29, 2021

Science & Nature Why Do Fruit Flies Drink? April 29, 2021

Science & Nature More than six billion different knot types have been identified by mathematicians and scientists since the 1800s. April 26, 2021

Science & Nature In the 70s, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tried creating its own artificial coral reef by dumping some 2 million used tires into the ocean. It became an environmental disaster, naturally, but also a military training exercise when divers had to retrieve the tires (almost one by one). April 25, 2021

Science & Nature Each year, 22,000 tons of dust from the Sahara Desert is carried by air currents to the Amazon Rainforest where it is an important source of phosphorus for tropical plants April 23, 2021

Science & Nature Scientists "hacked" the genetic code of brewer's yeast to produce cannabis compounds. They inserted genes from cannabis plants into the yeast's genetic code which allowed it to produce CBD and THC. Their end goal is to allow large scale cannabinoid production without cultivation. April 22, 2021

Science & Nature In 1949, Gallup polled Americans on what scientific advances they thought would happen by the year 1999. 88% believed cancer would be cured, and 63% believed planes would be nuclear powered. Only 15% thought a man would walk on the moon. April 19, 2021

Science & Nature The 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan was so powerful - measuring almost 9.0 on the Richter scale - it moved Japan 8 feet closer to North America and shifted the planet on its axis, causing the length of a day to shorten by almost 1.8 microseconds April 9, 2021

Science & Nature In 1965 the Soviet Union detonated a nuclear device near the Chagan river to create an artificial lake with a volume of about 10 million cubic metres under it's Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program. To date the lake is slightly radioactive and is nicknamed "the atomic lake". March 24, 2021