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Gravity dance
I assume you are familiar with the Moon. It is the celestial companion to the Earth, spinning around us in a never-ending dance. Or is it? Bonus Fun Fact: Every year, the Moon travels about one and a half inches farther away from the Earth. The Moon orbits the Earth mostly due to Earth’s gravitational…
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Where there’s smoke
You have probably seen the odd-looking and brightly-colored sunsets over the last few days. This is due to the amount of smoke in the air from wildfires in western states. There are currently 79 large wildfires (basically, they’re big enough to create their own weather) and several dozen smaller fires burning. This creates a lot…
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Lipocyte longevity
Bonus Fun Fact: Fat cells are forever. When you diet and exercise to lose weight, you will lose fat, but you don’t lose fat cells. In fact, once new fat cells are made, they are permanent (unless they are vacuumed out, that is). Fat cells, or lipocytes as fancy doctors like to call them, are the long-term…
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Monarch migration
The monarch migration is now officially in full swing! Each year the eastern population of monarch butterflies make their journey southward to Mexico, travelling up to 3,000 miles from the eastern United States and Canada. While sitting on our patio last night, we saw several monarchs flying southward. Good luck, little buddies! Bonus Fun Fact: Peak…
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Words
If I struck a nerve with last week’s post, I apologize. It contained the following phrase: “…when that same stuff is wet, the light first hits the thin layer of moisture, which bends and diffuses the light…” The italics weren’t there by coincidence and I’m sorry if it offended anyone. That was insensitive of me…
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Dark when wet
When things get wet, they appear darker. Like rain on concrete or spilling a drink on your shirt. If you’re like me, you probably haven’t consider why this is. Until now! Bonus Fun Fact: Wet objects reflect less light back to your eyeballs than they do when they’re dry, which makes them appear darker. It has…
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Jason E. Andersen 