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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

Science & Nature Diamonds slowly turn into graphite (the stuff you find in pencils) over time. Thus, diamonds are not really forever. March 19, 2021

Science & Nature Aroundf 2.1 billion years ago, there existeed several multicellular organisms, that were likely one of the first forays into multicellularity, they coincided with a brief moment of increased oxygen levels and went extinct after the levels dropped, they do not have any modern-day descendants. March 19, 2021

Science & Nature That while the kilogram is defined in terms of three fundamental physical constants, the imperial equivalent, the pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms March 17, 2021

Science & Nature The Scottish Highlands and the Appalachians are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains. March 15, 2021

Science & Nature Biologist Tyrone Hayes published an experiment that showed pesticide Atrazine was turning frogs from male to female. In response, manufacturer Syngenta spent years spying on him and conducting an extensive campaign to create a scandal that would end his career. March 10, 2021

Science & Nature Cork flooring and wine corks are created using the bark of the Cork Oak tree. The tree isn't cut down. The bark is harvested & begins to regenerate quickly to be harvested every 7 years. The Cork Oak isn't harmed & is therefore a sustainable resource. March 9, 2021

Science & Nature In 1991 it was discovered that the heart has its "little brain" or "intrinsic cardiac nervous system." This "heart brain" is composed of approximately 40,000 neurons that are alike neurons in the brain, meaning that the heart has its own nervous system. March 8, 2021