Plants aren’t just sitting around looking cute; they’re doing all sorts of stuff, like defending themselves, and even warning other plants about danger. Today, we’re talking all about the weird and wily world of plants with Professor Beronda Montgomery from Michigan State University. She ha...
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The stuff that was formerly represented as the external stuff of knowledge can now be represented and incorporated within the knowledge. And in contrast to linear, lock-step modes of dissemination of knowledge, we can see signs of possibility for scholarly knowledge in the more collaborative, ...
We love simple science experiments that are also edible. Let’s whip up a little kitchen chemistry wth food science, including plenty ofedible slime recipes, homemade ice cream in a bag, and fizzy lemonade!
This might be because people think that global warming is impossible to solve since we still need to use the stuff that is causing the problem, like burning fossil fuels. But for me, I do not think that is the case. I think that global warming is especially important because it affects ...
The superhero stuff might be cool (and it is), but the film is less a “superhero movie” than it is a sci-fi-inflected, incredibly earnest exploration of seizing your own power and using it, truly, for good. Bolstered by a class act cast that includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ruth (our...
The Biggest Ideas in the Universeby Sean Carroll is a book with a brilliant premise: that it is possible to write a popular science book that introduces the general reader to the "real stuff" of physics—in other words, equations. The book starts with the equation for momentum (p=mv) an...
It’s the same ol’ tale of yore: A meteorite crashes in Nowheresville, gets promptly poked at with a stick, and starts swallowing up a small town as it expands to terrifying world-dominating gelatinous proportions. But the grotesque practical effects from Tony Gardner are the stuff 1980s...
This is another one the science experiments which is perfect for understanding how even the smallest of rockets create enormous amounts of thrust using high-pressure gas. For a detailed overview of basic rocket science, check out “How Rocket Engines Work” by How Stuff Works. ...
Ian Patterson is many things. Importantly here, he’s the author of Transference, Book One of the Narrator Cycle. He’s also an engineer, cyclist, foodie, coffee lover, cat dad, human dad, and reader of books. Preferably, thick books that deal with strange things and big ideas. He’s...