Posted: December 11, 2021

Question Your World: What Are Xenobots?

Researchers employed an algorithm to expedite the trial and error process to see what shapes would work best for self replication. 

Question Your World: What Are Xenobots?
Posted: October 2, 2021

Question Your World: How Is Henrico Planning Its Water Future?

Our region’s “water budget” is not always easy to predict, and it’ll get worse with human-caused climate change. This is why Henrico County has made a big infrastructural investment.

Question Your World: How Is Henrico Planning Its Water Future?
Posted: September 9, 2021

The Story Behind Scientific Tools: Colorimeter

While microscopes have earned a place in everyone’s mind as an essential scientific tool, colorimeters deserve attention and respect, too!

The Story Behind Scientific Tools: Colorimeter
Posted: May 26, 2021

Question Your World: Can Technology Let Us Communicate Using Only Our Thoughts?

Merging technology into the human body may sound like science fiction, but it happens all the time. There’s hearing aids, pacemakers, contact lenses, and many other examples of technology physically being used within our bodies. But what about the most mysterious part of our body, the brain?

Question Your World: Can Technology Let Us Communicate Using Only Our Thoughts?
Posted: February 4, 2021

Question Your World: What Do Chili Peppers and Solar Technology Have in Common?

What do the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers have in common with solar technology? Umm, maybe not a lot. But what do hot chili peppers and solar technology have in common? Something really interesting, actually!

Question Your World: What Do Chili Peppers and Solar Technology Have in Common?