A Moment of Science

Good Reef!

Dodany: 4 października 2024

Good Reef!

Blue Lobsters

Dodany: 3 października 2024

Blue Lobsters

Pine Processionary Caterpillars

Dodany: 2 października 2024

Pine Processionary Caterpillars

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Dodany: 1 października 2024

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Cats Who Flex

Dodany: 30 września 2024

Cows have their own personal preferences

Dodany: 27 września 2024

Cows, like people, have preferences, and those preferences impact behavior, especially when it comes to grazing.

Are you recollecting or reconstructing?

Dodany: 26 września 2024

We all assume that we remember things that have happened to us with great accuracy--after all, we were there!

Camouflage isn't perfect

Dodany: 25 września 2024

There are a few camouflage survival strategies, but there's no perfect solution to blend into the background.

A trip to the beach with Earth's largest marine reptile

Dodany: 24 września 2024

In 2020 amateur fossil hunter Justin Reynolds and his eleven year old daughter Ruby were walking along a beach near their home in Somerset, England when Ruby spotted something interesting.

Our brains and confirmation bias

Dodany: 23 września 2024

Learn about confirmation bias with a simple experiment

You've gotta have hearts

Dodany: 20 września 2024

Octopuses have three hearts, each one crucial to maintaining the robust blood pressure that allows them to be active hunters and powerful swimmers.

Take a look at that: The eyes of the Opiliones

Dodany: 19 września 2024

Spiders have eight eyes, horseshoe crabs have ten, and, daddy longlegs only have two. Or do they?

What not to do with your microwave

Dodany: 18 września 2024

Microwave ovens are wonderful, revolutionary cooking devices. But there are some things that you cannot, or should not, do with microwaves.

Eggcellent equipment, eggcellent results

Dodany: 17 września 2024

Egg whites are often touted as a health food, filled with more proteins than fat-rich yolks. Surprisingly, though, those proteins are also the secret to some of the most decadent creations like...

What are anacondas really like?

Dodany: 16 września 2024

Hollywood's version of the snake in the movie "Anaconda" was pure fantasy--a 100 foot long giant with an appetite for B-movie actors

Working memory and math anxiety

Dodany: 13 września 2024

Does doing math make you anxious? A Moment of Science has more on why that might be.

Are dragon myths based in reality?

Dodany: 12 września 2024

There are stories and myths about dragons from everywhere--from Europe to China to Australia to the Americas. Couldn't there be some reality behind the myth?

'Cause I eats me spinach

Dodany: 11 września 2024

If you want to get strong, you're supposed to eat spinach like Popeye. But how powerful is that leafy green really?

Hyenas once stalked the Arctic

Dodany: 10 września 2024

We know from ancient skeletal remains that around one million years ago, hyenas of the Chasmaporthetes genus prowled the US and Mexico. But they also stalked the tundra—a fact we’ve learned from...

Anecdotes vs statistics: Who do you believe?

Dodany: 9 września 2024

Let's say that ninety percent of the people who take a certain drug report that it works like a charm, but you know one person who says it didn't work. Would you try that drug?