Brain Junk Podcast
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Hosts @tracekerr and Amy Barton yap about wacky and weird science (plus a little history). If it’s something that makes you say WHAT?! We’ve probably talked about it
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Critter fact!
Male California quails have a topknot of feathers that bounce when they move! The bigger and fuller the plume, the better chance a fellow has of having a girl swipe right. #birds
Male California quails have a topknot of feathers that bounce when they move! The bigger and fuller the plume, the better chance a fellow has of having a girl swipe right. #birds
January 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Critter fact!
Male California quails have a topknot of feathers that bounce when they move! The bigger and fuller the plume, the better chance a fellow has of having a girl swipe right. #birds
Male California quails have a topknot of feathers that bounce when they move! The bigger and fuller the plume, the better chance a fellow has of having a girl swipe right. #birds
Scientists DID WHAT?!
It’s 1948: Idaho fish and game has a surplus of parachutes and beavers. Why load them onto donkeys when you could stuff giant tree chopping rodents into wood crates and DROP THEM FROM PLANES. 76 of the 75 Air Beavers survived to change Idaho’s backcountry watersheds.
It’s 1948: Idaho fish and game has a surplus of parachutes and beavers. Why load them onto donkeys when you could stuff giant tree chopping rodents into wood crates and DROP THEM FROM PLANES. 76 of the 75 Air Beavers survived to change Idaho’s backcountry watersheds.
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Scientists DID WHAT?!
It’s 1948: Idaho fish and game has a surplus of parachutes and beavers. Why load them onto donkeys when you could stuff giant tree chopping rodents into wood crates and DROP THEM FROM PLANES. 76 of the 75 Air Beavers survived to change Idaho’s backcountry watersheds.
It’s 1948: Idaho fish and game has a surplus of parachutes and beavers. Why load them onto donkeys when you could stuff giant tree chopping rodents into wood crates and DROP THEM FROM PLANES. 76 of the 75 Air Beavers survived to change Idaho’s backcountry watersheds.
Scientists DID WHAT!?!
To answer the question: how do ants find their way home? Researchers wondered if maybe ants “count” their steps.The experiment, put some on stilts, keep a control group and kneecap the rest. Ants walking on knee stumps 😳 shorted the distance home. On stilts, they overshot
To answer the question: how do ants find their way home? Researchers wondered if maybe ants “count” their steps.The experiment, put some on stilts, keep a control group and kneecap the rest. Ants walking on knee stumps 😳 shorted the distance home. On stilts, they overshot
January 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Scientists DID WHAT!?!
To answer the question: how do ants find their way home? Researchers wondered if maybe ants “count” their steps.The experiment, put some on stilts, keep a control group and kneecap the rest. Ants walking on knee stumps 😳 shorted the distance home. On stilts, they overshot
To answer the question: how do ants find their way home? Researchers wondered if maybe ants “count” their steps.The experiment, put some on stilts, keep a control group and kneecap the rest. Ants walking on knee stumps 😳 shorted the distance home. On stilts, they overshot
When you empty a liquid out of a bottle, as the liquid pours out, air is rushing in. If you tip the bottle air glugs in but if you get the liquid spinning air will rush up the vortex in the middle and it pours faster! #science #experiment
January 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When you empty a liquid out of a bottle, as the liquid pours out, air is rushing in. If you tip the bottle air glugs in but if you get the liquid spinning air will rush up the vortex in the middle and it pours faster! #science #experiment
Hawkmoth snacking on a flower. Pollinating isn’t just for daytime!!
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hawkmoth snacking on a flower. Pollinating isn’t just for daytime!!