Author Archives: April
Electric Flowers
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, and Happy Mother’s Day! Mother Nature is celebrating Spring with a beautiful display of flowers. Flowers are the marketing experts of the natural world. Flowers have several ways to attract the attention of their pollinators like … Continue reading
Home in Space
As we approach the end of Earth month, it is interesting to think about how perfectly humans are suited to living on Earth and how much of a challenge it would be to live somewhere else. NASA’s Kepler … Continue reading
Solar Power
Happy Earth Day! Please read a little bit about the history of Earth Day and the organization, Earth Day Network, that continues to organize Earth Day events around the world to encourage people to take care of the only inhabited … Continue reading
Upcycle
There are over 300 million people in the United States who generate about 4 1/2 pounds of garbage every day. About 1 1/2 pounds is recycled. But, if the other 3 pounds of this garbage were put in one giant … Continue reading
Bird Pellet
It is Spring, the weather is beautiful, and it is time to get outside! While you are outside, look around for some animal signs- scat, tracks, remains, and other cues that an animal has been there. One interesting thing you … Continue reading
Absurd
April Fool’s Day is the perfect holiday to remind us that truth can be stranger than fiction. Below are three things that are absurd but true. Follow the links to find out more… An area of space near our … Continue reading
Egg Domes
As it is Spring and Easter is next weekend, I am once again thinking of eggs. Eggs are amazing things. Chicken eggs must be strong enough for a hen to sit on, but allow the tiny baby chick to break … Continue reading
Combustion
According to the US Department of Labor, between 1970 and 2010 there were over 600 explosions of flour mills and granaries. These types of buildings generally contain a lot of dust. The organic dust has a lot … Continue reading
Soft Drinks
Last week I saw an article about a woman who had died at age thirty-one with eight children. The coroner’s report stated that she probably wouldn’t have died if she hadn’t been drinking more than two gallons of Coca Cola … Continue reading
Near Earth Objects
Near Earth Objects have been in the news a lot lately. 2012DA14 is highly interesting, but it was expected. The meteor that appeared near Chelyabinsk, Russia, was a surprise. The unrelated, but highly coincidental, appearance of these two objects on … Continue reading
