Question Your World
Monday, April 14, 2014
After years of putting it off, scientists finally got around to studying procrastination. An in-depth study concluded that procrastination is a byproduct of our evolutionary development. So, why do we procrastinate?
Scientists at the University of...
Topics Covered: biology, evolution, gene, genetics, impulsivity, procrastination, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, the body human, Time, twins
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Thomas Edison are just some of the people that have dabbled in more than just one facet of science. However, no one person has been involved in more science circles than Jeff Goldblum. Sure, he...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sometimes a really small thing can make a very large impact. That's what scientists recently concluded when answering one of the age old questions that humanity has wondered since our earliest days on the plains of Africa, how did zebras get their stripes?
Few animals are as...
Topics Covered: africa, Animals, biology, bites, bugs, Creatures, endangered, equus, evolution, flies, genetics, Living Systems, natural selection, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, stripes, zebras, zoology
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Cases for mobile phones are one of the most common purchases made when getting a new phone. This makes perfect sense because it is very important to protect the phone. After all, it holds a lot of important information and allows the user to do a myriad of things at a moment's...
Topics Covered: 3-D, 3d, anatomy, artificial, bioengineering, biology, biomedical, brain, human system, neurology, printing, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, skull, surgery, technology, the body human
Monday, March 24, 2014
It’s nearly impossible to go anywhere in the continental United States and not have access to chicken as a meal option. Chicken meat and eggs have been a standard here for what seems like forever, but it had to start somewhere. So, who brought chickens to the Americas?...
Topics Covered: agriculture, Animals, archaeology, biogenetics, biology, chickens, Creatures, DNA, genetics, genome, human migration, lab tests, ornithology, question your world, science, science museum of virginia, stem, zoology
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
The energy conversation here on Earth is very important because it has applications in nearly every aspect of our lives. Everything from the medical industry to waste management to technology and even entertainment are all subject to greater energy demands. Plants have created a way of...
Topics Covered: bacteria, biology, chemistry, Earth Science, electricity, energy, fuel, Life Science, microorganisms, question energy, Question Power, question your world, resources, scence, science museum of virginia, stem
Monday, March 10, 2014
Living on the top floor of a building gives one the opportunity to truly appreciate the modern wonders of science, specifically the elevator. This transportation lift makes it a lot easier to reach higher and taller destinations. Scientists have recently been considering putting the...
Topics Covered: centrifugal, cosmic adventures, elevator, engineering, forces, Gravity, lagrange, moon, nanotechnology, physics, question your world, Robots, science, science museum of virginia, space, stem, technology
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...