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  • How Do Giraffes Have Such Long Necks?

    How Do Giraffes Have Such Long Necks?
    Jun 11 2024

    Giraffe's necks contain only seven vertabrae, just like ours, but can be several feet long. Learn how their bodies adapted to this amazing structure in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/giraffe-neck.htm/printable

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    6 mins
  • How Does Aspic Work?

    How Does Aspic Work?
    Jun 11 2024

    Aspic is savory gelatin that can serve as a sort of showstopping, jiggly salad. Learn the science behind how it's made (and a few guesses about why) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/aspic.htm

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    8 mins
  • Did the Maya Civilization Fall Because of Climate Change?

    Did the Maya Civilization Fall Because of Climate Change?
    May 6 2024

    It wasn't a total cultural collapse, but several Maya cities were abandonded all around the same time. Learn how natural and human-driven climate change may have been key in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/climate-change-end-mayan-civilization.htm/printable

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    12 mins

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