The St. Johns River is experiencing large algal blooms. Will it get worse before it gets better? 2 Days, 5 boat captains, and 70 miles. See the blooms from above, underwater, and through a microscope. Join Jacksonville University’s Dr. Melinda Simmons and Dr. Anthony Ouellette from the Marine Science Research Institute as they travel along […]
How do you weigh a 760 Ib manatee? Go behind the scenes with Jacksonville University’s The Science Of… and watch the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens manatee rehabilitation team load Frankie onto a stretcher and hoist him into the air. Then celebrate as the team joins members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to […]
How do you take an X-ray of a 760 Ib manatee? Go behind the scenes with Jacksonville University’s The Science Of… and watch as the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens medical team X-rays, sonograms, and takes blood during a medical evaluation of Frankie the manatee, and see the X-rays of his healing ribs. The Science Of… […]
Did you know that Cahokia was the largest population density north of Mexico until Philadelphia in the 1800’s? And that trading reached far and wide, all the way to the Mill Cove complex in what is now now Jacksonville Florida? Join Dr. Keith Ashley, University of North Florida Assistant Professor of Archaeology as he shares […]
Did you know that law enforcement can tell where you’ve been by the isotopes in your hair? Or that isotope analysis can reveal whether beer meets the German Purity Law, and where sharks and Sea Turtles live? Dr. Jeremy Stalker, Associate Professor of Marine Science at Jacksonville University reveals this and more at Science on […]
Ever wonder how polling is like brewing beer? Join Dr. Mike Binder, University of North Florida political science professor as he explains how good polling, like good beer, requires science and art. Science On Tap – Jax meets the second Wednesday of the month 6:30 PM at Intuition Aleworks and is open to the public. […]
Manatee bones are extra heavy and dense, and yet they fracture more easily than your bones. Check out this fractured bone and learn what Dr. Gerry Pinto and Lucas Meers have to say about it. Resource links Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Manatee Program Where can you see manatees in Florida? Information for […]
Vilanzo the manatee was beached and cold stressed, but got some new friends while he was rescued, rehabilitated, and released back into the wild by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens – watch his story here. Resource Links Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Manatee Critical Care Center (Where Vilanzo […]
Watch students and faculty from Jacksonville University, The Foundation Academy, and The Bolles School make drifter buoys and track ocean currents with NOAA satellites. Resource Links Transcript More information about the drifters in the video Jacksonville University The Foundation Academy The Bolles School JU Students Voyage Atlantic Ocean Through Tracking Buoy River Life: How […]
Did you know that you are automatically processing and responding to the world around you in ways that you don’t even perceive, based on priming, cognitive bias, the Stroop effect, confirmation bias, representativeness heuristic, and the availability heuristic? In a fun, interactive setting, join Dr. Heather Truelove Barnes, University of North Florida psychology professor as she reveals […]