#886 How does the female lac bug make plastic?
How does the female lac bug make plastic? They scrape bark from trees and mix it with a resin that they produce. The female lac bug produces a resin, which…
How does the female lac bug make plastic? They scrape bark from trees and mix it with a resin that they produce. The female lac bug produces a resin, which…
Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have short arms? No one really knows. They could have no reason and be left over from longer arms that evolved away. They could have been…
Norman Ernest Borlaug was known as the father of the Green Revolution because of the new strain of wheat he developed and the millions, possibly billions, of people he saved…
Where does cork come from? Cork comes from the bark of the cork oak tree. The primary use of cork is to stop up wine bottles. About 20 billion bottles…
Henrietta Lacks developed cervical cancer and the cells taken from a tumor biopsy have formed the HeLa cell line, named after her. Ms. Lacks didn’t know that her cells had…
How do animals find water? They have many methods. Some animals can smell or sense water. Some animals get their water through eating plants. Some animals have evolved to need…
Can you live without a spleen? The spleen serves many functions, but you can live without it. Having it removed will affect your life, though. Your spleen is just inside…
Why do some birds have red eyes? Birds with red eyes have a lot of tiny blood vessels in their eyes. Human eyes come in one of six colors. Our…
What causes the bends? It is caused by the rapid release of nitrogen gas from the bloodstream. You don’t have any risk of the bends if you don’t go very…
How does chilling a patient after cardiac arrest work? If the body temperature of a person whose heart has stopped beating is lowered, they can survive for longer without oxygen,…