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WEBIn her new book, Ellen Ruppel Shell covers the natural history of eels and the crime ring that has sprung up from illegally trafficking them. Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. It's brain fun for curious people.
Flower Anatomy - Science Friday
WEBOct 18, 2010 · Stigma: the sticky part at the top of a flower’s pistil, where pollen enters the style and travels to the ovary. Style: the slender part of a flower’s pistil, extending from the stigma to the ovary. Ovary: the lower part of a flower’s pistil, containing its female reproductive cells.
How Sexual Intercourse Was Invented, 385 Million Years Ago
WEBJun 3, 2022 · Our oldest evidence of penetrative intercourse is about 385 million years old and comes in the form of fossilized remains of the way too aptly named Microbrachius dicki. I know. I know! But believe it or not, M. dicki got its rather pointed moniker from Scottish baker-turned-botanist Robert Dick in the nineteenth century. Mr.
Paper Airplane Flight Challenge - Science Friday
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Paper Airplane Data Collection Worksheet. Before we start building, we need to prepare to test all of our designs. Find a space in your home where paper airplanes can fly safely. Grab a ruler and use tape to mark every 12 inches along the floor. Use the Paper Airplane Data Collection Worksheet to record the distance of multiple airplane flights.
James Joyce And The Origin Of The Word 'Quark' - Science Friday
WEBJul 24, 2018 · Etymology. Physicist Murray Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his discoveries related to elementary particles—one of which he whimsically named quarks after perusing a rather famous literary work. But in order to understand the origin of quark, it’s important to understand the source of atom and proton as well, and the story ...
Seeing The Patterns In Sound - Science Friday
WEBNov 7, 2016 · Vibrations of D. Credit: Louviere + Vanessa. In the late 18 th century, German physicist and musician Ernst Chladni demonstrated how vibrations could be used to create striking imagery. By spreading fine sand across the top of a metal plate and running a violin bow alongside, Chladni showed that the sand would settle into distinct patterns, depending on the frequencies of the sound waves ...
How Oppenheimer’s Bombs Compare To Today’s Nukes - Science …
WEBAug 4, 2023 · A mushroom column from the Trinity test in 1945. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 On the day the film Oppenheimer came out, Science Friday discussed the history of the Manhattan Project, including the legacy of the Trinity Test, where the world’s very first nuclear weapon was detonated in the desert of New Mexico. We also heard from a survivor of the Hiroshima ...
Relearning The Star Stories Of Indigenous Peoples - Science Friday
WEBSep 6, 2019 · Wilfred is Cree, also known as Ininew, one of Canada’s largest First Nations groups. He’s telling us stories he’s gathered from Indigenous communities across Manitoba—like how the Star Woman saw Earth from another dimension, fell through the hole in the sky, and became the first human on this …
How Boulders Are Born - Science Friday
WEBSep 22, 2010 · How Boulders Are Born. Over 75,000 years ago, the Laurentide Continental Glacier covered most of Canada and some of the northern regions of the United States. When this glacier started to recede 20,000 years ago, rainwater and melted ice began seeping into the porous bedrock. The water would …
The Secret (Smart) Life of Bees - Science Friday
WEBMar 3, 2017 · Bees brains have over one million neurons packed tightly into a space the size of a pinhead. With that kind of cognitive power, bees can use observation, learning, and memory to solve problems. What’s more, they can distinguish between human faces, count to four, and even play “soccer.”. Biologists Lars Chittka, of Queen Mary University ...