Did you know that the wolverine is a member of the weasel family? That’s right, this ferocious meat-eater is the largest land-dwelling species of this family that also includes polecats, badgers, martens, and otters. Wolverines live in arctic and subarctic regions such as northern Canada and Alaska, where this specimen was collected. Connect with curiosity!
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, September 17, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time, which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Did you know that the world’s first dental school was founded in 1840? However, until after the Civil War, most people sought dental care from their physicians or tried self-care because established dental offices were few and far between. As dental practitioners became more commonplace and professionalized, special dental tool sets like this one were… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, September 10, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time, which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Did you know that Nintendo released the SNES 30 years ago this month? At $199 each (which today would be about $378), the SNES flew off shelves and proved that it was the new king of game systems. The SNES set the standard for 16-bit game systems, and even when 32-bit console systems were released,… Continue reading
Welcome to the final GROW blog post written by me, Christopher. It’s been an awesome summer being a Youth Exploring Science teen working with the GROW team, and I’ve learned so much throughout this whole experience. But before the final goodbye, there’s a lot to recap about what happened this summer with the greenhouse. It… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, September 3, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time, which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
This pineapple coral is a species of stony coral native to the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean. The coral forms large colonies of rounded domes that can get up to 16 inches around. While typically found on reefs at a depth of 90 feet or less, they can be found up to 230 feet… Continue reading
When we think of animals and ecosystems, we often think of vast savannas, rushing rivers or lush jungles. For many people, the ecosystem is a giant place where multitudes of plants, animals and other organisms live. But sometimes, an ecosystem can be very small, with much of the action taking place on just a few… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, August 27, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time, which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
