ThorAug 26, 20211 minFossilizationIt's Thor's Outdoor Thorsday! Fossilization is incredibly rare, it really only happens around water, with river beds and swamps being the...
ThorAug 5, 20211 minGenghis KhanIt's Thor's Outdoor Thorsday! The only thing that has decreased carbon emissions in the last 13,000 years since the dawn of agriculture...
ThorJul 8, 20211 minAmethysts in Greek MythologyIt's Thor's Outdoor Thorsday! Amethyst in Greek means a-to not and methysko-intoxicate. It was thought amethyst would protect a drinker...
ThorJun 10, 20211 minWolves were almost hunted to extinction.It's Thor's Outdoor Thorsday! Wolves were also nearly hunted to extinction in the Great Plains at the same time buffalo were. The guys...
ThorJun 3, 20211 minUS Deer PopulationIt's Thor's Outdoor Thorsday! Deer were hunted to extinction in many parts of the US 100 years ago. Today, because of conservation...
ThorMay 13, 20211 minPronghorn Antelopes Pronghorn antelopes of the western US, Mexico and Canada are not an antelope, their closest relatives are actually giraffes. They are...
ThorMay 6, 20211 minHave you ever seen a Vampire Deer?There is a species of deer indigenous to East Asia that has vampire fangs, called the water deer, or vampire deer, it truly looks...
ThorApr 29, 20211 minDrunk Wild Animals?Every year in southern Africa the fruit from the marula falls and ferments on the ground turning into alcohol. The wild animals have...
ThorApr 22, 20211 minEnvironmental RenewalWe in the United States are experts on both environmental degradation and environmental renewal. Bad farming and hunting habits almost...
ThorApr 15, 20211 minPollutionLess than 10,000 people have died from accidents from nuclear energy, by comparison over 300,000 people die every year from pollution...
ThorApr 1, 20211 minNuclear Energy Nuclear energy and nuclear bombs are not the same thing at all. Nuclear energy is extremely clean, the white smoke coming from nuclear...
ThorMar 25, 20211 minThe Fermi Paradox The Fermi Paradox is named after the physicist Enrico Fermi, the “architect of the nuclear age.” It refers to the possibility of...
ThorMar 18, 20211 minHuman FossilsHuman fossils and ancient human remains are extremely rare, like we get really excited when we find a single tooth; human remains only...
ThorMar 4, 20211 minOxygen and DinosaursOxygen levels were much higher during the time of the dinosaurs than today, that is one of the reasons of their large size and also why...
ThorFeb 25, 20211 minFitness in Biology Fitness in biology does not refer to how strong or large or intimidating or predatory a certain species is, it refers to how a species...
ThorFeb 18, 20211 minExtinction99% of all species that have ever lived are now extinct. Extinction is the rule, evolution is the exception to the rule.
ThorFeb 11, 20211 minChimpanzeesWe did not evolve directly from chimpanzees, we shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees around 7 million years ago.
ThorFeb 4, 20211 minNeanderthal SkeletonWhen the first Neanderthal skeleton ever discovered was put back together and put on display it looked more like an gorilla than a modern...
ThorJan 21, 20211 minCoffee BeansThere is a story that coffee beans were first discovered by herders in Ethiopia thousands of years ago, when they noticed their goats and...