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Judi's Discovery Zone: Master of Scientific Investigation
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Sunday, February 24, 2013. Master of Scientific Investigation. Master of Scientific Investigation. 8220;Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.” What would we do without it? Dr George Washington Carver, American scientist, botanist, educator, artist, and inventor discovered 325 products that could be made from the lowly peanut, which originally came from Africa. The products that he developed from the peanut included cream, buttermilk, instant coffee, face powder, printer’s ink,...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Looking for an ancient species. Looking for ancient species? You might find one here. As an adult, he weighs about 800 pounds, is 13 feet long, and has 75 teeth. It’s the teeth that worry me. I have visions of one of the monster reptiles crawling up the bank of the canal in our backyard to look for a snack. After reading that a 12 foot alligator was run over and killed by a minivan in Dare county in May, I figured that they are headed my way, too. The Chinese alligator lives in th...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Monday, April 07, 2014
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Monday, April 7, 2014. Is it just science fiction or a look into the future. Is it just science fiction or a look into the future. Science fiction captured my interest early in life with television programs like “Star Trek” and “Twilight Zone” along with the works of Jules Vern’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” and “Around the World in Eighty Days.”. I was fascinated with seeing the science and invention predicted by early fiction writers come true in real life. Cryogenics is the study of what oc...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Do you believe there is a man on the moon? Did your grandma tell you “the cow jumped over the moon? 8221; Do you believe that there is a man on the moon? On July 20, 1969, do you remember seeing the first man step on the moon broadcast on television? Mothers used to be afraid to hang diapers out to dry in the moonlight because it was bad luck. Curtains were drawn in bedrooms because moonlight shining on a person was considered bad luck too. Some farmers still gage whe...The m...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Wednesday, June 04, 2014
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Birds bring beauty and superstitions into our lives. Birds bring beauty and superstitions into our lives. One of the delights of retirement is that you have time to notice things in nature that escaped you when you were working. We’ve been feeding two goose families that regularly visit our backyard and have made themselves quite at home. After their dinner, they just sit down in the grass, and the babies snuggle up under the mother’s wing for a rest. Legend tells of robins tryin...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Monday, June 16, 2014
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Monday, June 16, 2014. Don’t take my word for it, but scientific method is sound. What is the truth? Do you know it when you hear it? Can you believe it when you see it? Does it even exist? An ancient Greek philosopher, Diogenes, reputedly wandered the land carrying a lantern looking for a truly honest man. His quest was the beginning of cynicism. Why do Americans sometimes reject scientific theories? Science started out as stories which were told in an attempt to answer the question “why.̶...Science...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Thursday, August 28, 2014
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Thursday, August 28, 2014. Fostering the Gift of Curiosity. FOSTERING THE GIFT OF CURIOSITY. You can see it in their eyes. It sparkles and lights up their faces. It’s curiosity, and it must be cultivated and nurtured, or it will die. Eleanor Roosevelt said, “…at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.”. Curiosity might be the mother of invention, but it is also the mother of learning. Where did it go? Places like the Mu...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Summer's Love Bugs
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Thursday, June 30, 2011. Just the mention of the word “bug” makes most people start scratching. However, there are insects that people, especially kids, love. For grown-ups, they bring back nostalgic memories of summers during their childhood. Who doesn’t remember the glass jar at the foot of the bed with those sparkling, enchanting lightning bugs flickering off and on? If you are really ambitious, you can become part of a lightning bug network and help with research. The Museum of Science in Boston ...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014. New taste treat for all. Insects are a culinary delicacy around the world, but will we bite? You will not believe this; I didn’t. On Amazon, you can find new mealtime delights like Fluker’s Gourmet Canned Crickets, Ultimate Insect and Bug Candy, Larvets (BBQ), Edible Pupae, and Crickettes in sour cream and onion and bacon and cheese flavors. They can be delivered right to your doorstep for your pleasure. Some people even refer to them as the “cockroaches of the sea.”. Insects are a...
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Judi's Discovery Zone: Tuesday, May 06, 2014
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The path of a tornado is one scary place to be. Dorothy was determined to get home after being displaced by a tornado, but there is nothing fictitious about the recent storms that have ravaged our area. The terror is very real, and unfortunately, it continues. Psychologists say that humans are most frightened when they are not able to control their surroundings. There were 44 injuries, but no deaths, in the surrounding area from that storm. As we always say, it could have been m...
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