Category Archives: Science

The True Story About Milk [or What Chris Was Doing in an Aha Video, "Take On Me"]

Milk is a white, creamy substance that helps breasts develop on female mammals. Males who drink milk do not get the benefit of mammary gland enlargement, but males get something else, explained later.
The way it works is this. When a female drinks milk, the liquid travels down her esophagus and on the way to the [...]

The Evolution of the Hyracotherium

The Hyracotherium was a small four-legged animal that existed 60 million years ago and eventually involved into the Equus, which as we know today, is a horse. It had a primitive short face, with eye sockets in the middle and a short diastema (the space between the front teeth and the cheek teeth). Although it [...]

Hello Mister Pine Beetle, Ice to Meet You!

Meet Dendroctonus ponderosae, the mountain pine beetle of the Pacific Northwest . This surly little insect has become a much loved province mascot in British Columbia, Canada. The beetle climbs into the needles of pine trees, burrows deep, and lays its eggs within the bark. The beetle then flies away, leaving its eggs to hatch [...]