by d_admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Chemistry, Innovation, Janice Willson, Science News
Everyone has heard of the problem of fossil fuels but what exactly is the issue here? Fossil fuels have been this planet’s main source of energy since the dawn of the industrial age. Fossil fuels including gas, coal, oil and shale gas are energy resources formed over...
by d_admin | Jul 12, 2018 | Art & Science Interplay, Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News
I am sure that most students at one time or another have thought that if they had to read one more word, it would just kill them but this may be an actual thing. A team of researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has found three books (so far) that are...
by d_admin | Jul 5, 2018 | Interesting People, Janice Willson, Science News, The Night Sky
Last Saturday, June 30 was Asteroid Day. Who knew there was even such a thing and why on earth would we need such a day? What on earth is Asteroid Day? It is a UN sanctioned global awareness campaign with world-wide events planned, a website, and 48 hours of live...
by d_admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science News
Are Americans being attacked with “sonic weapons”? This may sound like a plotline of a spy film or superhero comic but diplomats have been sent home form the consulate in Guangzhou, China after mystery attacks. This would be bad enough but this is coming after similar...
by d_admin | May 2, 2018 | Biology, Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News
I am a mosquito magnet. If you are with me in the great outdoors, chances are, you will not be bitten at all because those beastly little bloodsuckers will be hitching a ride on me. You could say I am a walking buffet for them. Because of this and my love of being out...
by d_admin | Apr 26, 2018 | Innovation, Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science News
Short answer to the title is: we are and we should be. Many new innovations being made are based on nature. There is a reason why certain animals and plants evolved the way that they did and more and more innovators and inventers are using them as inspiration....
