@stardustscience.bsky.social
Award-winning children's science book series written by authors Bailey Harris and @doughded.bsky.social. On a mission to inspire a love of science and a sense of wonder at the universe! www.stardustscience.com
A Nature paper once showed that about one-third of the genes in flowering plants share common ancestry with humans!
That's right, you are related to daffodils... if you trace things back a couple billion years!
#evolution #wow #sciencefacts #funfacts #didyouknow #mindblowingfacts
The chemicals used in many modern medicines come from plants whose evolution was shaped by #Indigenous tribes! That includes the active ingredients in aspirin, echinacea, and chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
Want to see a living prehistoric creature? A new Yale study shows that a fish called the gar looks just as it did 100,000,000 years ago!
Its slow metabolism means its cells have fewer mutations--fewer chances for the fish to evolve.
#evolution #genetics #dna #stem #biologyfacts #sciencefacts
#Evolution at work! The Bajau of Malaysia, renowned for their diving abilities, have enlarged spleens compared to very nearby related populations.
The Bajau's "super spleens" seem to be an evolutionary adaptation by these nomadic sea people, helping them dive longer!
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⚠️ New science book alert! 🔬 After over a year in development, Stardust and Friends: Darwin's Journey is here! Order at Amazon (www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKZRRH8Q) or get your AUTOGRAPHED copy at labelfree.com!
15.08.2025 14:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My upcoming book will be released this week. It is available to download for FREE on eBook for a few days only! Prepare to sail away with the legendary Charles Darwin and our friend, Stardust, as they embark on the historic journey that changed the way we see our fellow living things. a.co/d/brbToEG
10.08.2025 16:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Being wrong is kind of like the first step to knowing anything!
#inspiration #wisdom #science
What is the universe? One is that it’s a cosmic computer, running a simple line of code that repeats over and over. As it does, it creates complex patterns that develop over time into the laws of physics and everything around us. Kind of like snowflakes form from water.
#ComputationalTheory
Why does life exist? One leading theory is that chemical reactions happened in deep sea vents, where superheated water rich in minerals gushes out from beneath Earth’s crust.
The vents have all the ingredients for #life, including the heat to kick-start a reaction.
What do you think?
#ThinkBig
#Science is a branch of #philosophy. And many people who made big discoveries were "amateur" thinkers without any formal training. Even household names like Darwin! So don't ever stop asking the big questions!
What's your scientific theory for why life exists?
Would you play this? 🎮 😁
08.07.2025 23:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Alien life alert! Maybe. Or not. It depends on what scientist you're talking to!
Cambridge scientists, using a special way of analyzing light, detected two molecules on a distant planet that are only known to be made by microscopic life on earth.
The creators of the upcoming #selfpublished "Stardust and Friends: Darwin's Journey" are not responsible for
1) blown minds
2) heightened inquisitive behavior
3) educational costs incurred by your child's heightened curiosity in #STEM
Haha, j/k, we totally are. www.labelfree.com
#science #kidlit
Happy #FridayThe13th! Think that's a weird thing to say? You might have #triskaidekaphobia, an irrational fear of the 13!
Our adorable children's book "Don't Be Mean to 13" is FREE today on Amazon Kindle, to help you and your young ones tackle #superstition together: bit.ly/dontbemeanto13
Last day to support this important project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jrb...
05.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Have you ever heard of someone dying from too many facts? #Knowledge #Science #STEM #STEAM #LiveLongAndProsper
04.06.2025 14:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The number of (harmless or beneficial) bacteria, viruses, and fungi in your body outnumber your human cells!
We are all holobionts: beings made of tightly connected partnership with trillions of microbes.
#stemfun #stem #youngscientists #scienceiscool #woah #mindblown
With a scientist's mind, the unknown is nothing to fear. It's full of mysteries to ponder.
#YoungScientists #FutureScientists #ScienceExplorers #sciencerocks #StauCurious #inspiration #positiveVibes
This is going to be so cool! Check out this upcoming book from Annabelle & Aiden on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jrb...
12.05.2025 15:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0If #horoscopes really predicted the future, wouldn't they be used for big expensive projects like rocket launches? If #magic spells cured injuries, why wouldn't they be used by people like doctors, the military, or first responders?
#criticalthinking #magic #skepticism #science
Once upon a time, #whales walked on land... kind of.
Ancient whale ancestors like pakicetus and abulocetus (pictured) had legs and lived in rivers and forests. In the fossil record, you can literally track how their legs got shorter and their tails got stronger for swimming.
#evolution is wild!
Why would I treat my friend to ice cream if milk upsets her stomach? So I don't treat people the way I want to be treated... I treat them how THEY want to be treated! #humanism #platinumrule #goodness #kindness #equality #freedom
09.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Proofs of our new book!
BOOK UPDATE: we just approved the physical proofs of "Stardust and Friends: Darwin's Journey"! Better than expected! They should be printed by 05/20 and then we should receive the pallets of books a week later!
#kidlit #indieauthor #selfpublishing #projectswelove #kickstarter #stembooksforkids
Everything that makes you "you" was all forged in the heart of a dying star.
Most all the stuff that makes up our sun was forged in other past stars. When it explodes, its atoms will likely make up new stars, planets... maybe even life!
#science #space #astronomy #cosmos #stardust #recycling #wow
All the objects you perceive as solid are solid are 99.9999999% empty space.
Everything feels solid because electrons in your atoms repel the electrons in other atoms. When you “touch” something, you're feeling the force fields repelling each other.
#emptiness #woah #mindblown #science
You are a cosmic one-a-kind.
The odds of both your parents' chromosomes coming together to make your DNA are 1 in 70 trillion. It's hard for our brains to even comprehend how unlikely another "you" will ever exist that has the same personality.
#uniqueness #masterpiece #science #dna
All the atoms in the universe — including the ones the make up YOU— were created about 380,000 years after the big bang (13.8 billion years ago).
We know this by "rewinding" Einstein's genius math equations that accurately predict the expansion of the universe!
#science #universe #creation
It turns out humans aren’t the only ones that get road rage! Scientists have discovered that male yellow warblers in the Galápagos are becoming extra aggressive thanks to all the traffic noise... and picking more fights with other birds!
#birds #science #ecology #biology #roadrage #evolution
The #endangered Ethiopian red wolf was recently found to stick its nose in a flower called the Ethiopian red hot poker. They help the plants reproduce when they go from flower to flower with their pollen-covered noses!
Could carnivores be more important to the #environment than we imagined?
By studying fossil records and genetics, we can see sharks appeared on earth even before trees! Part of this has to do with their high adaptability... sharks species survive things even like asteroid impacts and ice ages!
#sharks #evolution #science #funfacts
