by Don Miller & CWS Team | May 25, 2019 What is the name of the powerful odor molecule in skunk spray? God gave the skunk a most creative way of defending itself: a horrific smell that it can aim quite well. Its DNA contains just the right directions to make a very obnoxious …
by Don Miller | May 31, 2019 How’s a snail-shaped bone help us to hear? If you aren’t deaf, a host of ear bio-devices and 25,000 nerve wires are constantly making possible the firing of messages to the brain. Imagine if someone vaporized the snail-shaped hollow bone in each of your ears that is …
by Don Miller | May 31, 2019 What are frustules? Diatoms are microscopic single-celled algae that build elegant glass ‘skeleton’ cell walls around themselves called frustules. These transparent ‘cases’ are beautiful and intricate, like tiny crystal jewel boxes. They come in an astonishing variety of geometric shapes representing the many different types of diatoms. …