Persistent Plants: How Flowering Plants Survived A Mass Extinction

Flowering plants may look fragile but they have survived one of the worst mass extinctions on the planet

Single Plant in A Desert

Table of Contents What happened during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction? The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction began with an immense asteroid impact in Mexico. It was one of six extinction events that took place on Earth. It’s often abbreviated as the K-T or K-Pg extinction. 65 million years ago, this massive event wiped out […]

Persistent Plants: How Flowering Plants Survived A Mass Extinction

Flowering plants may look fragile but they have survived one of the worst mass extinctions on the planet

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Table of Contents What happened during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction? The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction began with an immense asteroid impact in Mexico. It was one of six extinction events that took place on Earth. It’s often abbreviated as the K-T or K-Pg extinction. 65 million years ago, this massive event wiped out

Train Your Brain: Exploring The Science Of The Exercise Induced Hormone

Irisin might aid the treatment of many neurological conditions

Table of Contents How does exercise affect your brain? It’s easy to imagine what exercise can do for the body, but did you know it can change your brain, too? Moving the body kickstarts a chain reaction. Muscles move, using up energy that is stored in cells of the body.

Train Your Brain: Exploring The Science Of The Exercise Induced Hormone

Irisin might aid the treatment of many neurological conditions

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Table of Contents How does exercise affect your brain? It’s easy to imagine what exercise can do for the body, but did you know it can change your brain, too? Moving the body kickstarts a chain reaction. Muscles move, using up energy that is stored in cells of the body.

3D Printing For The Future

How do 3D printers seemingly create something out of nothing? 3D printing is revolutionizing medical technology

Felix 3D Printer

Table of Contents How was 3D printing invented? We use three-dimensional structures every day, and even simple ones, like ballpoint pens, have dozens of parts. Metal and plastic parts are often made using molds . Metal or plastic is heated until it melts, and poured into a mold. As it

3D Printing For The Future

How do 3D printers seemingly create something out of nothing? 3D printing is revolutionizing medical technology

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Table of Contents How was 3D printing invented? We use three-dimensional structures every day, and even simple ones, like ballpoint pens, have dozens of parts. Metal and plastic parts are often made using molds . Metal or plastic is heated until it melts, and poured into a mold. As it

How Are Video Games Made?

Journey into the art and science of creating video games. Learn about everything from the making to the future of this media

Video Games

Table of Contents What are video games? Video games are one of the coolest forms of media out there! Unlike books, movies, or TV shows, video games shape themselves around you. Within the worlds they create, you can make choices, change the story, and shape the narrative. Be it undertaking

How Are Video Games Made?

Journey into the art and science of creating video games. Learn about everything from the making to the future of this media

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Table of Contents What are video games? Video games are one of the coolest forms of media out there! Unlike books, movies, or TV shows, video games shape themselves around you. Within the worlds they create, you can make choices, change the story, and shape the narrative. Be it undertaking

From Sunlight to Snapshot: History’s First Photograph

Nicéphore Niépce was a French scientist who changed the world Learn about this amazing invention

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How was the world’s first photograph made? Whether you use your phone, a DSLR, or even a film camera to take photos, the essential ingredients of photography stay the same. Photography is all about playing with and capturing light and shadows! A camera’s shutter is built to let light in,

From Sunlight to Snapshot: History’s First Photograph

Nicéphore Niépce was a French scientist who changed the world Learn about this amazing invention

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How was the world’s first photograph made? Whether you use your phone, a DSLR, or even a film camera to take photos, the essential ingredients of photography stay the same. Photography is all about playing with and capturing light and shadows! A camera’s shutter is built to let light in,

What Is Money Made Of?

Coins and notes take a surprising amount of skill to make. Let’s explore this everyday necessity!

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Table of Contents What are coins made of? Penny, nickel, penny, dime! You might use them to buy bus or subway tickets, or collect them as change at the grocery store. Although coins might look copper or silver, what are they really made of? Well, until 1965, quarters and nickels

What Is Money Made Of?

Coins and notes take a surprising amount of skill to make. Let’s explore this everyday necessity!

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Table of Contents What are coins made of? Penny, nickel, penny, dime! You might use them to buy bus or subway tickets, or collect them as change at the grocery store. Although coins might look copper or silver, what are they really made of? Well, until 1965, quarters and nickels

How Many Times Can You Recycle Plastic?

Plastic is everywhere, but once we’re done with it, where does it go? Let’s explore the recycling of this everyday material

PET bottles

Table of Contents What is Plastic? Bags, chip packets, even sunglasses and surgical implants. What these all have in common is that they’re made of plastics! Plastic is a material that’s incredibly useful. It can be made into almost anything at all. It’s hard to imagine how something so new

How Many Times Can You Recycle Plastic?

Plastic is everywhere, but once we’re done with it, where does it go? Let’s explore the recycling of this everyday material

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Table of Contents What is Plastic? Bags, chip packets, even sunglasses and surgical implants. What these all have in common is that they’re made of plastics! Plastic is a material that’s incredibly useful. It can be made into almost anything at all. It’s hard to imagine how something so new

Seaweed: The Plant Of The Future

Humble ocean plants are entering dozens of industries Could algae be a solution to some of the world’s biggest problems?

Roasted seaweed

Table of Contents What are seaweeds? Seaweeds can be big, small, green, brown, or red! These organisms are often single-celled and sometimes referred to as . They can also be larger structures made up of multiple cells, like the nori you get at the grocery store. What unites all seaweeds

Seaweed: The Plant Of The Future

Humble ocean plants are entering dozens of industries Could algae be a solution to some of the world’s biggest problems?

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Table of Contents What are seaweeds? Seaweeds can be big, small, green, brown, or red! These organisms are often single-celled and sometimes referred to as . They can also be larger structures made up of multiple cells, like the nori you get at the grocery store. What unites all seaweeds

How long do jumping spiders live?

Jumping spider

Table of Contents Jumping spiders are one of the most spectacular creatures of the arthropod world! There are around 6000 described species of jumping spiders (Maddison, 2015), making them about 10% of all arachnids. Invertebrates don’t usually fossilize well, but the oldest jumping spider specimens are dated to 54 to

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Table of Contents Jumping spiders are one of the most spectacular creatures of the arthropod world! There are around 6000 described species of jumping spiders (Maddison, 2015), making them about 10% of all arachnids. Invertebrates don’t usually fossilize well, but the oldest jumping spider specimens are dated to 54 to

How fast do kangaroos run?

These jumpers are surprisingly fast and agile. Let’s explore kangaroos in motion!

Kangaroo

Kangaroos are , the only kind of mammal that grows their young in pouches. Kangaroos are restricted to Australia, and marsupials to Australia and the Americas. They are not found anywhere else in the world. Kangaroos evolved around 15 million years ago (Meredith et al., 2009). Scientists believed they started

How fast do kangaroos run?

These jumpers are surprisingly fast and agile. Let’s explore kangaroos in motion!

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Kangaroos are , the only kind of mammal that grows their young in pouches. Kangaroos are restricted to Australia, and marsupials to Australia and the Americas. They are not found anywhere else in the world. Kangaroos evolved around 15 million years ago (Meredith et al., 2009). Scientists believed they started

Drones in Agriculture

Drones are revolutionizing agriculture.

Agricultural Drone

What are the benefits and impacts of using drones? A bird’s-eye view of the world is an innovation of only the past century. For millennia, humans could only see using their own eyes. An aerial perspective can be taken for granted with the modern widespread availability of satellite images. In

Drones in Agriculture

Drones are revolutionizing agriculture.

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What are the benefits and impacts of using drones? A bird’s-eye view of the world is an innovation of only the past century. For millennia, humans could only see using their own eyes. An aerial perspective can be taken for granted with the modern widespread availability of satellite images. In

Robotics in Agriculture: Advantages and Challenges

Technology is changing the face of agriculture. Can robotics help us make enough food for everyone and help people at the same time?

Agri Robot

Have you ever seen a crane operator swivel a crane? Or a bulldozer clearing rubble? These machines are so common in our world that we often take them for granted. To understand robotics and their use in agriculture, we first need to understand what a robot is. Although science fiction

Robotics in Agriculture: Advantages and Challenges

Technology is changing the face of agriculture. Can robotics help us make enough food for everyone and help people at the same time?

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Have you ever seen a crane operator swivel a crane? Or a bulldozer clearing rubble? These machines are so common in our world that we often take them for granted. To understand robotics and their use in agriculture, we first need to understand what a robot is. Although science fiction

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