by d_admin | Sep 27, 2018 | Biology, Janice Willson, Nature, Physics, Science Quirkiness
The future of scientific research is in the infinite of space and in the details of the very smallest things on this planet and they are dark. Dark matter: you have probably heard the term but do you actually know what it is? Dark matter, in astronomy, are the...
by d_admin | Sep 6, 2018 | Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Janice Willson, Nature, Science Quirkiness
The world is so much weirder than we think and its bodies of water can be included in this statement. Water is clear, or not. Oceans are turquoise or blue, or sometimes grey when angry. Rivers and lakes can vary from brown to green to blue but not red or pink unless...
by d_admin | Aug 30, 2018 | Biology, Janice Willson, Nature
Seismic communication, also known as vibrational communication, is an act of communication through vibrations of the substrate (def.: an underlying substance or layer). This substrate could be the earth, a plant stalk or leaf, a spider’s web, honeycomb, body of water,...
by d_admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Biology, Janice Willson, Nature, Science in the Real World, Science Quirkiness
The weather this summer here in Canada has been crazy. A long period of extreme heat has plagued much of the country producing forest fires and causing heat-related deaths while other regions have had lots of rain and cool temperatures. Last weekend proved no...