The cool science just keeps on coming - whether class is in session or not!
Check out the Pink Fairy Armadillo. Yes, that's right, a PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO. A creature so rarely spotted that scientists don't even have a clue how common or rare they are!
Carnivorous pitcher plants lure insects into their pitchers and then digest them as a source of nitrogen. Our limited range of vision that doesn't allow us to see in the ultraviolet range hid one of their secrets from us until recently - they use ultraviolet light to lure insects to their deaths!
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-carnivorous-plants-glow-under-ultraviolet-light-to-attract-prey-180948058/
Humans have driven many species to extinction but only once before has this been done deliberately. In the early 1970s the virus that causes Smallpox was deliberately destroyed. Now it looks like another disease causing organism is on its way to deliberate extinction - the Guinea Worm. The only place this disease still occurs is in South Sudan. Let's home the warring factions there don't get in the way of destroying this painful, debilitating disease.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/24/the-guinea-worm-a-fond-obituary/
Baby, it's cold outside. But the Snow Flea doesn't care! This nearly microscopic invertebrate is quite active even when there is snow and ice on the ground. How does it do it? Hint: it's not magic, it's AMAZING.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/snow-fleas/
Curious about your genes? Here's a look at the ethics of personal genome sequencing.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/15/my-risk-benefit-ratio-for-personal-genetics/
Humans have driven many species to extinction but only once before has this been done deliberately. In the early 1970s the virus that causes Smallpox was deliberately destroyed. Now it looks like another disease causing organism is on its way to deliberate extinction - the Guinea Worm. The only place this disease still occurs is in South Sudan. Let's home the warring factions there don't get in the way of destroying this painful, debilitating disease.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/24/the-guinea-worm-a-fond-obituary/
Baby, it's cold outside. But the Snow Flea doesn't care! This nearly microscopic invertebrate is quite active even when there is snow and ice on the ground. How does it do it? Hint: it's not magic, it's AMAZING.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/snow-fleas/
Curious about your genes? Here's a look at the ethics of personal genome sequencing.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/15/my-risk-benefit-ratio-for-personal-genetics/
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