What is Shark Awareness Day? Are you aware of sharks? It’s a weird question to ask, I’m sure. Obviously, you’re aware of sharks. They’re around, they star in terrible Sci Fi films, they have their own week, the list goes on and on. Shark Awareness Day isn’t about just knowing sharks exist, it’s about knowing …
The smell of urea is always a weird one. But my lab girls were into it. The poor conference room looked like a massacre but hey, it was all in the name of science! This wasn’t a wholly unusual day at the Oceanography Camp for Girls (OCG), but it was definitely a memorable one. OCG …
Aristotle once theorized that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that this process was common. He hypothesized that maggots could arise from dead flesh and fleas come from dust. According to Aristotle, the generation of things like sea shells varies with the sea bed. Slime gave rise to oysters, sand to scallops, and …