The Illuminati didn’t team-up with the government to ask me to write this.
How do bats use echolocation to catch bugs?
Being noisy + Having big ears + Super echo-processing brains = Amazing echolocation abilities.
Why do plants have flowers?
They’re both advertisements and buffets.
What do vampire squid eat?
Gently falling flakes of disgustingness.
Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?
They sure don't act like it.
What can you do about climate change?
Lots.
What do I think about climate change?
Nobody asked me my opinion, but I’m going to give it to you anyways.
Why do scientists think people are causing climate change?
It has something to do with burning fossil fuels nonstop for 250 years.
Why do scientists think climate change is happening now?
Have you noticed the world keeps getting weirder? Scientists have noticed too.
How does carbon dioxide make the Earth warmer?
Because carbon dioxide molecules are great dancers. I'm almost 100% serious.
What is climate change?
Knowing what "climate change" is may be even more important than preventing a bad hair day.
Can you make a battery that runs on microbes?
Microbes can provide electricity to a battery, though not a battery that you can put into a remote control. At least yet.
Is your body electric?
Your body makes electricity and, in this post, I blog the body electric.
Do girl anglerfish drag their boyfriends around everywhere they go?
Welcome to the weird world of anglerfish in love.
How do dolphins sleep?
That dolphin may literally be half awake.
Why is the Moon covered with meteorite craters and the Earth is covered with like three of them?
Find out why can you go out in your backyard and see a bunch of craters on the Moon, but scientists didn't realize there was an 110-mile wide asteroid impact crater in the Yucatan Peninsula until around thirty years ago.
What was it like being on that ship-on-stilts that was drilling into the Chicxulub Crater of dinosaur doom?
If you had asked me this as a teenager, I would have said, “It was good,” and the conversation would have ended. In this post, though, I actually give you details.
How did a children's author, two scientists, and a bunch of blue crabs help protect diamondback terrapins?
In this post, you can find out about the day I volunteered with two wildlife biologists to do research in a salt marsh, what it has to do with blue crabs, and how the scientists are using the data they have collected to save diamondback terrapins.
Did a Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to drink alcohol save diamondback terrapins from extinction?
Stew, booze and history. Everything you want in a science blog for kids.
Why do marmots like to be fat?
Marmots don’t care what they look like in a swimsuit.