Big happenings in North Carolina this month: monster winds on Grandfather Mountain, and new bridge on the coast. Photos courtesy of Grandfather Mountain and Dan Bowers, Ocracoke Observer
March 1, 2019
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Iconic Beach Town Studying Storm Surge & Sea Level Rise
The town of Duck conducts a vulnerability assessment with help from the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines
Feburary 22, 2019
Bug bombs don't work, says NC State
It might feel satisfying to "bomb" insects, but research shows that it doesn't work
Total release foggers, better known as "bug bombs" are ineffective, according to research from North Carolina State University
Feburary 8, 2018
Ancient Shark with ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Teeth Discovered
Remember that popular 1980’s video game Galaga? Little triangle shaped space ships would fly around the screen. Laser cannons would fire out of the top of the ships, laying waste to aliens that dropped down from the top of the screen. Now imagine finding the fossilized teeth of a freshwater shark that lived 67 million years ago in the forests, swamps and winding rivers of what is now South Dakota. Amazingly, those teeth look like the Galaga spaceships! So, if you’re a scientist, what would you call your ancient shark discovery? That’s right. Galagadon.
Durham Students Fly Science Experiments into Space
Astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor activates the in-space portion of the experiment that Durham students designed.
Courtesy: NASA
January 4, 2019
What grows on a "carbon farm"
What's a carbon farm, and why does Duke University have one?
December 28, 2019
Here’s Why Most Recipes Tell You to Bake at 350 Degrees
If you have done any baking at all, chances are you already have the first line of the recipe memorized: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Yes, it’s a fairly nice round number. Yes, it’s also pretty easy to turn the temperature knob to that setting (not too much twisting). And yes, if you have an oven with a digital setting there aren’t too many keypad buttons to push. But that’s not the reason 350 degrees seems to be cooking’s magic number. It’s the chemistry.
What's the most remote place in North Carolina?
A husband and wife team track down the most remote places in the United States
November 21, 2018
What happens to your stomach when you overeat
Your stomach can handle overeating, but it gets better at stretching if you do it all the time
November 21, 2018
Piles of mashed potatoes. Turkey. Stuffing. Gravy over all of it. Plus: sweet potato casserole. Obligatory salad. And yes, pie.
“Just try a little of everything,” you say, as your plate fills to capacity.