Posted: November 17, 2017

Question Your World: Happy Locally Sourced Thanksgiving, Virginia!

On Thursday, millions of Americans will gather around dinner tables for the big Thanksgiving meal. The giant festive feast is the centerpiece of this holiday, so let’s take a look at Thanksgiving foods through the lens of science.

Question Your World: Happy Locally Sourced Thanksgiving, Virginia!
Posted: November 9, 2017

Question Your World: What Are the Stranger Things in Science?

According to the Neilson ratings, in the first three days of November, 15.8 million people watched the first episode of the Netflix original Stranger Things! Fictional shows are all well and good, but the science world has some pretty strange facts to offer as well.

Question Your World: What Are the Stranger Things in Science?
Posted: November 2, 2017

Question Your World: What’s the First Thing to Visit Us from Outside Our Solar System?

For a long time now, humanity has looked up at the stars and wondered if we would ever be visited. Well, we just were.

Question Your World: What’s the First Thing to Visit Us from Outside Our Solar System?
Posted: October 19, 2017

Question Your World: What Makes the New Virginia Facebook Data Center So Cool?

In a cool turn of events, Facebook “liked” us! The social media giant just announced it will be building its newest state-of-the-art data center in Virginia! Data centers require a lot of energy, but Facebook has some cutting-edge plans.

Question Your World: What Makes the New Virginia Facebook Data Center So Cool?
Posted: October 18, 2017

Question Your World: Did Upright Walking Hominids Come from Africa?

One of the ingredients of humanity is bipedalism or the ability to walk upright on two appendages. For some time now, scientists have been exploring Africa looking for our most ancient ancestors to further the story of human evolution. However, a new discovery is questioning our slow bipedal evolution.

Question Your World: Did Upright Walking Hominids Come from Africa?