Brain Junk Podcast

Critter fact!
Male California quails have a topknot of feathers that bounce when they move! The bigger and fuller the plume, the better chance a fellow has of having a girl swipe right. #birds

Whoops I dyslexia-d those numbers right out of order didn’t I 😂 good catch

Scientists DID WHAT?!
It’s 1948: Idaho fish and game has a surplus of parachutes and beavers. Why load them onto donkeys when you could stuff giant tree chopping rodents into wood crates and DROP THEM FROM PLANES. 76 of the 75 Air Beavers survived to change Idaho’s backcountry watersheds.

a woman wearing glasses and a white sweater is standing with her hands on her hips ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a white sweater is standing with her hands on her hips

We had a HUGE spike in listeners after moving over here to Bluesky!! Thank you for checking out the little science podcast that could!

Scientists DID WHAT!?!
To answer the question: how do ants find their way home? Researchers wondered if maybe ants “count” their steps.The experiment, put some on stilts, keep a control group and kneecap the rest. Ants walking on knee stumps 😳 shorted the distance home. On stilts, they overshot

RAWR #love3Dprinting #fidget

Stim-tastic! #adhd

When you empty a liquid out of a bottle, as the liquid pours out, air is rushing in. If you tip the bottle air glugs in but if you get the liquid spinning air will rush up the vortex in the middle and it pours faster! #science #experiment

Hawkmoth snacking on a flower. Pollinating isn’t just for daytime!!