Question Your World
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
People all over the world, regardless of race, age, location, or culture all have one thing they can always talk about, the weather. Our day to day world is always subject to changes in the weather. Sometimes weather produces violent storms, catastrophic gusts of winds, or sudden...
Topics Covered: arctic, chill, climate, Cold, Earth Science, Heat, Life Science, meteorology, patterns, polar, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, temperature, vortex, weather, weather patterns
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Trees are some of the most amazing organisms on our planet. So much of our world is the way it is because of the behind-the-scenes work that they do every single second. Trees put oxygen into our atmosphere, support a myriad of ecosystems and continue to surprise us with their amazing...
Topics Covered: biology, botany, evolution, facebook, fungal, fungus, grafting, growth, Life Science, photosynthesis, question energy, question your world, roots, science museum of virginia, share, sharing, social media, stem, trees
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Way back around the time of dinosaurs the first crocodiles started to appear. After millions of years of evolution they have become the intense hunters and frighteningly large reptiles that we know today. These animals are the alpha predators in some parts of the world, are stealthy...
Friday, February 14, 2014
Romeo and Juliet, Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski, and even our parents at one point had a surge of emotions that made them want to be with one another. Since love is in the air as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, let's dig into the science of these emotions ...
Topics Covered: biochemistry, biology, chemical, date, first date, flirt, heart, hormones, kiss, Love, pick up lines, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, the body human, valentine, Valentine's Day
Monday, February 10, 2014
For a long time we've been fascinated by dinosaurs. Makes total sense, they're awesome, some were huge, some were tiny, and they certainly rile up the imagination. But, are there still new species being discovered?
All the way back in the late 1800...
Topics Covered: biology, china, Creatures, dig, dino, dinorama, dinosaurs, Europe, excavation, history, jurassic park, not the mama, paleontology, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, yoshi, geology, paleobiology
Monday, February 3, 2014
As we move into the future with more powerful technology and a better understanding of the past we are starting to piece together the past as accurately as possible. Our origins have fascinated us for nearly all of recorded history and continue to do so today. With this better...
Topics Covered: Anthropology, archaeology, biology, DNA, evolution, genetics, homo sapiens, Humans, mapping, migration, neanderthals, paleoanthropology, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, the body human
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Humanity has been fascinated by the concept of longevity. In the past 200,000 years of residence on this planet we've implemented a lot of technological changes that impact nearly every aspect of our lives. Our ability to eat food comfortably, stay warm in cold weather, and even...
Topics Covered: age, aging, biology, florida, fruit flies, genetics, life systems, longevity, ponce de leon, question energy, Question Power, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, the body human, immune system, medical research, physiology, health, FOXO genes, PGRP, Buck Institute
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Knowing something is a pretty relative concept. For a long time we knew that the Earth was the center of the universe, later we learned we were wrong about what we once knew. So, accuracy means a lot for when we say we know things. Using technology we've been able...
Topics Covered: Accuracy, Astronomy, cosmic adventures, deep field, evolution, Hubble, mapping, Math, numbers, one, percentage, question your world, RVA, science, science museum of virginia, space, stem, technology, universe
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Busted door knobs, broken heels, and cracked glasses are a few things that can be fixed using super glue. The quick bonding adhesive works on nearly everything, perhaps that's why this glue is considered to be super. As amazing as this glue is it still can't be used to help us...
Topics Covered: anatomy, biology, Doctor, genetics, health, leeches, medical, medical research, medicine, nutrition, ouch, physiology, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, surgery, the body human, worm
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Every event in the universe that we have been able to observe is deeply entangled with time. Time's forward impact has an influence on everything from the forming of distant galaxies to the wear and tear within our cells. The impact time has on us is called aging. This is a...
Topics Covered: age, biology, Body, cell wall, cells, communication, future, genetics, harvard, mitochondria, nucleus, Organs, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, steve miller band, the body human, Time, aging, anatomy, medical ethics, medical research, physiology, sirtuins