Sitting between the countries of Jordan and Israel is a body of water called the Dead Sea. Hearing this name may make you think it is an ocean. However, this unique body of water is a . Other salt lakes you may be familiar with include the Great Salt Lake in Utah and the Caspian …
Sponges may seem a bit boring, since they stay rooted to one spot on the ocean floor, but they’re actually quite amazing. Believe it or not, they are one of the oldest animals on Earth and have managed to survive for 600 million years! How? Well, they are experts at reproduction and have managed to …
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Honey, Credit: unsplash.com/Arwin Neil Baichoo Along with jewelry and wine, royal tombs in ancient Egypt also had jars of honey. They included the honey because they thought it would make their trip to the afterlife more pleasant. Even though the graves were found 3,000 years later, the honey in them was still tasty. Table of …
This is M31 or most commonly known as the Andromeda Galaxy, Credit: unsplash.com/Bryan Goff We’ve all seen a picture of a galaxy. It’s a big, spinning disk with spiraling arms that wrap around a bright core. Why are galaxies so flat and disk-shaped? You would be right to think that all galaxies emerge from the …
Batteries come in various sizes, shapes, and types, from the tiny batteries inside hearing aids to massive ones connected to the grid. Batteries are designed and used for a dizzying array of tasks! With this amount of variety, even choosing the right batteries at the store can be confusing! Batteries come in a variety of …
Table of Contents They are Fungi! (Fungus) Although we often eat and see mushrooms, they belong a separate category of living things. Plants are characterized by using photosynthesis to produce energy. Animals are defined by their ability to move and eat living matter to produce energy. Fungi do not do either of these but relate …
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Table of Contents Learn about the surprising mix of math and nature A fractal is nothing but an infinitely repeating pattern. Imagine a triangle. Each triangle is part of a larger triangle which is part of a larger triangle… and so on. A fractal pattern is made up of these smaller patterns, each of which …
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Do you remember the last time you weren’t feeling well? Maybe you scraped your knee, had a nasty stomach bug, or even caught the dreaded coronavirus! After a few days, when your body fights hard, you make your way to recovery! Sometimes it’s simple to tell when you fall sick. What happens when you can’t …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7eQKSf0LmY Carnivorous plants can be thought of as mavericks of the plant kingdom. When faced with limited resources, these botanical marvels tend to bend the rules to come up with clever solutions! There are over 800 species of predatory plants all over the globe! Many carnivorous plants, like the Venus flytrap, have evolved as …
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Nokota horses are an important yet endangered breed of horses from the badlands of North Dakota, Credit: Wikimedia/François Marchal The lives of horses and humans have been interwoven for millennia. Since at least 2,000 B.C.E. horses have had a fond place within human culture, from transport and racing to warfare! While we know much about …
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