How Did Dr. Browne Grow Comb Jellies?

“Everything in Australia is trying to kill you, haven’t you heard?” (Rosalind James). Physalia, or Portuguese Man of War, is a salt water species of hydrozoa that thrives in dead zones of tropical and subtropical waters. The animal is often confused with a jellyfish, but it actually is a siphonophore. Blue Bottle, Physalia, is not just a multicellular creatures called zooids. The zooids work together to provide defense, help with feeding, to produce offspring, find a safe habitat, and use all the tools necessary to live a full life. While movement and shape are uncontrollable, they play a vital role in the creature living. The Portuguese Man of War is a beautiful creature that plays in an important role in the ecosystem

Moon Jellyfish are in the “Animalia Kingdom, Phylum Cnidarian, Class Scyphozoan, Order Semaeostomeae, Family Ulmaridae, and Genus Aurelia” ( Myers, 2016 ; Espinosa, ; 2016 ; Parr, 2016 ; Jones, 2026 ; Hammond, 2016 ; Dewey, 2016). The morphological description of Cnidarians are corals, sea anemones, jellyfish and hydroids. These cnidarians form a diverse phylum that contains ~9000 species, which live in aquatic (predominantly marine) environments. The phylum-defining trait of Cnidaria is the stinging cell, the nematocyte an extrusive organelle used for predation, adhesion and defense (Holstein, 1981; Lengfeld et al., 2009; Tardent and Holstein, 1982) (Steele and Technau; 2011). Also, this phylum, Cnidarians, are divided into two groups, “Anthozoa (sea anemones, corals and sea pens), which live as

Annie Dillard’s piece “The Death of the Moth”, is about Dillard being reminded of the death of a moth she observes and how it relates to herself, this piece is a great depiction of the impact of life and death. Dillard describes her surroundings living in a rural area and within her bathroom is a spider which Dillard reminds of a moth that she killed in her past when she sees the web that the spider has spun and how it has caught many bugs including two moths. She is intrigued by the dead moth’s bodies and givings a vivid description of the bodies While describing the moth’s dead torn body she relates it to a personal experience from her past where she watched a moth die with candle two years ago. Dillard described the burning moth in vivid

The purpose of this experiment was to observe the light that the Tomopteris emits. They collected Tomopteris from Monterey Bay off the coast of California. They then stimulated the Tomopteris to produce light so that they could observe the light that it produced. The researchers took photos and measured the amount of light that was emitted per Tomopteris. One interesting discovery was a Tomopteris that emits a blue light which is rare since most Tomopteris emit a yellow-orange light. The researchers tried to create explanations as to why this Tomopteris emits blue light. They think that “different protein complements may be responsible for the light in different species”. However, this isn’t their only explanation for this rare blue emitting Tomopteris. The other explanation is that “this could potentially reflect different ecological roles of the two light colors”. Researchers concluded that with further testing the blue-light emitting Tomopteris may be considered a species of their own.

Drybar is an express hair salon that provides women, men and children blow-drying services for $35 to $45 with an option for additional services. Alli Webb, then 38, and her husband, brother and sister-in-law started the company in 2008. The company is based in Irvine, California with over 70 salons nationwide. Their motto is “No Cuts, No Color, just Blowouts.” And it has shaped their business model and the hair industry. Drybar’s estimated sales were set at $19 million in 2012 and were leaping over $70 million in revenue in 2015. They’ve incorporated a bar-like concept to the salon experience with opportunities to men and children. Most locations have alcoholic beverages, and light refreshments along with movies to watch when hair is being

Introduction: Almost every place on Earth, from the surface of your skin to the bottom of the ocean, is teeming with living things. To keep track of the vast diversity of life, biologists historically named and classified organisms according to their appearance. The system of categorizing organisms is

Daphnia is an order of cladoceran that are a part of the genus of small crustaceans ranging from one to five millimeters in length (Campbell, 2004; Corroto 2010). Daphnia are also naturally transparent, allowing for a variety of research opportunities that are observable with current day technology. Water fleas are another name for Daphnia due to their distinct, jerky swimming patterns (Chin, 2011; Campbell, 2004). Additionally, Daphnia seem to have tufts of hair, relatively large eyes, and red “lips”. Daphnia also feature an ocellus, a light-sensing organ under the compound eye (Chin, 2011; Corotto, 2010).

Genetics is a captivating but difficult subject for students. Lab experiments like ‘Gummy Bear Genetics’ can aid in needed areas of genetics. Student can often observe the phenotypes in gummy bears, but when trying to visualize which parental genes that are represented in a cross-bred first (F1) generation can be challenging. In this experiment, students worked in small groups to determine the parental (P) generations of 196 gummy bears. The gummy bear candy appealed to student appetites and the chosen phenotypic characteristic were easy to choose because gummy bears come in numerous colors (red, green, orange, yellow and colorless). Students will be able to establish which genetic information, including genotype, phenotype, dominant traits, and recessive traits, were passed from the P generation to the F1 generation

“They see something, walk up to it, pick it up, and maybe beat the crap out of it,” says Justin Marshall, referring to a commonly unknown creature called the Mantis Shrimp. This species often goes overlooked and unnoticed by most of the world and not just because it only grows 2-7 inches (“Peacock Mantis Shrimp” 1). Since it is such an unknown animal, many people do not know what it is or what makes it remarkable. How can the small mantis shrimp, a crustacean whose appearance is more like that of a clown than a ferocious beast, be worth noting in the different fields of science? They are more interesting than they seem. Mantis shrimp possess a vast array of fascinating physical features that set them apart from other sea-dwelling animals: their clubs

Jellyfish can be seen in freshwater and saltwater inhabiting everywhere it goes. Some may see jellyfish depicted in media such as the television show “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a fun recreational sport of catching Jellyfish in butterfly nets. Though most may recognize the creatures as your worse nightmare on a beach and avoiding getting stung by them. However, researchers and explorers have found effects that jellyfish have on impacting the ecosystem and life style of others. These findings have shown a divide between the benefits and negative outcomes they have.

In an effort to form an insect similar to my other prototypes, I easily shaped the foil into the bug’s body. The antennae had become protrusions from its head, and its eyes were mere indentations. The legs, however, were much more challenging to fabricate from aluminum foil, and because they were separate from the water strider’s body, I had to attach them somehow.

As the building block of life, cells contain unbelievable amounts of genetic information, as well as perform functions any living being needs in order to survive. Since a lot of people struggle with such a complex statement, Joshua Z. Rappoport develops the scholarly text, The Cell, on,”discovering the microscopic world that determines our health, our consciousness, and our future,”(front cover). Other than this text, many others publish their works in the past on this subject; some of which are Nobel Peace Prize winners. Within chapter one, “A Day the World Changed”, Rapporport refers to Robert Hooke who uses a microscope in the 1660s to examine a slice of cork, and in the end “what he saw changed human understanding of the world in a way

In the world of science there have been ground breaking discoveries on the reproductive system of humans, animal, plants, and now candy. The test subject for such a project has been the iconic candy of the western region, Junior Mints. Western and eastern scientist have been amazed by the complex mating system of Junior Mints, and now they bring their discoveries to the public. They claim that the funnamno must be shared with the world, for it could change the lives of all humans on earth.

In “The Hair-Raising Science Of Goose Bumps” Adam Cole discusses the reasons why humans get goosebumps and the sciences behind it. The science behind goose bumps is from our ancestors having fur to fluff up in certain situations, so we kept the goose bumps “even though we've lost the advantage of looking scarier or staying warmer ourselves” (“Cole, Goose Bumps”).. The three reasons we get goose bumps are adrenaline, the cold, and positive responses. For example, when we watch scary movies and get scared, we can get adrenaline goose bumps. Another example is when you jump into a cold pool or walk into cold weather you get goosebumps. A third example is when we listen to classical music or a chilly musical piece. So even though we no longer have the fur that our ancestors had, we still get goose bumps that are supposed to help us but they don’t really anymore.

With a gestation period of seventeen years, the Magicicada has been believed by naturalists to be a symbol of love and music and is one of the few species with such a unique pattern of emergence. Upon awakening from their seventeen-year slumber, the great cicadas emerge in swarms of millions all along the northeastern United States to sing, mate, and die. It is still unclear why this mythical emergence only occurs on a prime-number scale. Scientists hypothesize Big Idea Three of the AP Biology Curriculum Framework highlights how genetic information is a repository of instructions necessary for the survival, growth, and reproduction of the organism. Although the reasoning behind why the cicada only emerges once every seventeen years is unclear, the insect has been genetically programmed to this routine for the entirety of its existence, meaning that whatever the reason, this emergence must be essential for the bug’s survival, growth, and