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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsWhere can you fly a plane, fight a wildfire and dissect a human body in one place? At the Hall of Simulation at the Cal Poly Humboldt library. This endeavor is part of an effort to connect with the local community. -
Author Neil Shubin joins the exchange to discuss his decades of research at both poles.
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Isn't nature wonderful in how it allows creatures to adapt to their surroundings? Well, yeah, unless you're the creature who ends up host to a parasite or… -
There's a level of curiosity about dangerous things, especially for kids. Like "what would happen if you went outside a spaceship without a suit?" Those… -
Quick, what do you think is the greatest invention ever? Wait... before you answer, we offer an alternative question: what is the WORST invention ever?… -
We grew up thinking about people living on other planets, thanks to the likes of Superman and Star Wars. But planets outside of our solar system (and… -
Certain words in the English language come with an "ick factor" attached. One of those is: cannibalism. It's just not something we like to think about, at… -
We know a few things about the birth of the universe. Do we know enough to recreate the process? The question alone provokes thought. But scientists have… -
It's not just that our region is full of interesting people. There are plenty of non-human living things to make the place unique and exciting. Some of… -
Compared to some other animals, humans have it rough. When we lose a body part, it does not grow back. We've dreamed of regeneration for as long as we… -
The answer to the question "where did that come from?" is easy for some situations.It's infinitely harder to answer when it is directed to the universe.…
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Living things will go to amazing lengths to find meals, mates, and places to sleep. And that's not just humans in college. Matt Simon, a science writer at…
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We don't think of solar eclipses as punishment from angry deities anymore. Good thing, too: the United States will see its first total eclipse in decades… -
Stephanie Majewski likes it when things bump into each other. Which is a huge OVER-simplification of her work in the field of physics at the University of…
