Animal Life Spans
Thursday, April 17th, 2008This last weekend I took my daughter to a Girl Scout event where we learned about various scaly, furry and feathery denizens of the rain forest. We both learned quite a bit about these animals including the fact that several varieties of parrots can live to more than 85 years of age! This got me […]
Take the Underworld Challenge
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008The British Museum maintains a nice interactive web site all about ancient Egypt and the mummification process. To take the “Underworld Challenge” & see if you are clever enough to collect the rewards awaiting you in the afterlife CLICK HERE
To see some very cool optical illusions CLICK HERE
Animal Oddities
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Once again, truth proves stranger than fiction.
Does anyone remember the Simpsons episode where Bart catches the 3-eyed fish in the pond polluted by waste from the nuclear power plant? Well, nature has produced some specimens far weirder than that!
Mike, The famous headless chicken
One-eyed and noseless kitten
Two-headed turtle
Three-headed toad
Four-legged duckling
Five-legged dog
Six-legged cow
Seven-legged lamb
Eight-legged frog
The animal world is strange […]
The Amazing Fact Generator
Monday, April 14th, 2008Happy Monday!
In the interest of learning something new every day, you might want to check out the Amazing Fact Generator on mentalfloss.com.
The fact generator is a great source for finding facts that are accurate.
We’ve read many NOT-SO-TRUE scientific ”facts” that many people insist on passing on as truth. To make sure you’re NOT one of those people read Scientific […]
I’d really like to know more…
Sunday, April 13th, 2008It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I think that some of these may be worth even more than that! Here are ten pictures of science fair projects that I would love to know more about…
Although some of these science fair projects may seem wacky, professionals in the real world are applying […]
Feed me, Seymour!
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Scientific question #326,572 from my 10-year-old:
Is there really such a thing as a man-eating plant?
No.
There are however over 640 plant species that attract, capture, kill, and digest animals and protozoans. These are known as carnivorous plants. In order to be classified as carnivorous, the plant must have the ability to do the following things:
Prey must […]
How is your tongue like an inkjet printer?
Friday, April 11th, 2008Most inkjet printers use only four basic ink colors - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. The printer combines these colors to represent each image pixel in various colors, shades, and intensities. The image is dithered, meaning the printer uses a pattern of several of its dots to simulate the color of each pixel in the […]
Horrifying 12-Day Cool Whip Experiment
Thursday, April 10th, 2008This experiment answers that age old question; “What happens to Cool Whip if I leave it out on the counter for 12 days?”
I particularly liked the “drawing-a-smiley-face-on-it study”.
To see the study and accompanying photos CLICK HERE
Science Crossword Puzzles
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008It’s been a crazy busy week! How about a nice science crossword puzzle?
I found this cool web site that offers both printable and interactive scientific crossword puzzles. Wanna play? CLICK HERE.
The Eyes Have It
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Another great scientific question from my ten-year-old; why are my eyes blue and my sister’s eyes brown?
What determines a person’s eye color?
The color of a person’s eyes depends on the amount of a pigment called melanin present in the iris of the eye (melanin is also responsible for the coloring of our skin). At one end of the […]
