6 Podcast Episodes about Black Scientists - Listen during Black History Month
February 1, 2023 marks the start of Black History Month! This month honors the achievements of African Americans and their struggles throughout history. Here is a collection of Tumble stories from African American scientists that present Black innovation in science: Kevin Solomon What To Do About Trash? Kevin Solomon is a chemical and biomolecular engineer. He's working on using mealworm gut microbes to improve plastic recycling systems. In 2020, he won an award from the US D
Tumble's Halloween Science Special
We hope you and your family have a great Halloween, filled with fun, candy, and science! Didn't catch our broadcast in collaboration with New England Public Media? No worries! Watch this ANIMATED re-broadcast on YouTube! Check out the blog posts for these episodes and other Halloween specials: The Tomb of the Animal Mummies The Jack O'Lantern Science Mystery The Science of Candy Land The Mask of the Crow Scientist We Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts!
What's Play Doh Made Of?
If you listened to my Mailbag episode, you probably came away knowing that play-doh has a lot of salt, but maybe not certain what the other ingredients are there for. In my exhaustive research, I found two versions of the Play-Doh recipe. The first is from the original patent, US 3,167,400, which lists the ingredients as follows: Grain Flour (hard winter wheat flour, first clears) Tap water Common Salt Borax Light hydrocrabon distillate such deodorized kerosene Another pat