by d_admin | Jun 7, 2018 | Janice Willson, Physics, Science in the Real World, Science Quirkiness
Water is: everywhere, common place, tasteless, odourless, boring… not. We as humans (especially in the West) take water for granted. It covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface; makes up nearly two-thirds of our bodies; is needed for survival. All of these things...
by d_admin | May 31, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science Quirkiness, Technology
The residents of Lake Worth, Florida were wakened at 1:45 am to an “outbreak of zombies” push notification during a power outage on May 22. What the…? I would think that if this were to happen on a regular day in the daytime that you would be likely to laugh it off...
by d_admin | May 24, 2018 | Biology, Janice Willson, Science Quirkiness
On a recent trip to the great outdoors, my husband and I came across some very interesting ‘creatures’. I quite enjoy looking for the smaller biological life forces that are in nature such as mosses, fungi, and lichens. Often these tiny members of this...
by d_admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Janice Willson, Never Stop Learning, Science in the Real World, Science News, Science Quirkiness
A walking, sentient plant has been the inspiration for writers since the early-mid 20th century including the Ents in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the Triffids in John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids, and Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. Folklore and...
by d_admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Janice Willson, Science in the Real World, Science Quirkiness
I am sure this too is a manipulation of the masses by shady forces of the lizard elite with their alien technology and HAARP mind control…All hail our squirrel and crow overlords! Oops, I let my alliances slip, again. A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event...
by d_admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Interesting People, Janice Willson, Science Quirkiness
As a break from the usual blog about science, I would like to write a short biography about a physics researcher by the name of F.D.C. Willard. Full name: Felis domesticus Chester Willard. Wait, what? I knew cats were smart but who knew that one had authored a paper...
