What can you learn about your world in just a moment? Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or whether dogs can read our facial expressions? Don Glass and experts in their fields answer these questions and many more. Written for readers of all ages with no background in science required, How the World Looks to a Bee is the perfect armchair companion for curious people who want to know more about the science of everyday life but have only a moment to spare. With intriguing everyday phenomena as a starting point, this entertaining collection uses short tutorials and quick and simple experiments to invite readers to test the science for themselves. These fascinating and topical science stories are sure to delight the curious child in all of us.
Don Glass is Special Projects Director at public radio station WFIU-FM and the radio producer of A Moment of Science.
Does Nutrisweet have calories?A Water MagnifierConversation at a Crowded PartyCan a Theory Evolve into a Law?A Cat "Flips out"Winter SoundsRustHungry LasagnaA Wet PaintbrushThe GloryHorns vs. AntlersGlacier "Sawdust": The Colorful Component of Mountain LakesWould You Drink This?Tickling the Funny BoneThe Shape of SnowRemembrance of Things Past for BabiesRavens Avian EinsteinsAnt Antennae: Two Way CommunicationThe Echo of a TrainOld-fashioned Ice Cream MakersForry, Wrong Number What Obesity and a Lack of Fatty Tissue Have in CommonLook Through Your Comb at the Mirror Blow Out Candles with an Oatmeal Box Wrong Name!When Pop Bottles Don't Blow UpAnd When They DoCommon Birthdays, Classic of Probability Take Bets on a Leaky Milk Carton Smells and Memories Big Shadows Half Heads, Half Tails Spiders Don't Get Caught in Their Own Webs Bilingual Brain The Shape of the EarthIt's Now What You Hear – It's When You Hear ItWeightless WaterThe Force of a TornadoThe QWERTY EffectThe Spinning Earth and the WeatherThe Floating Cork TrickOn a Clear Day, How Far Can You See?Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches on the SnowDog Facial Expressions and HumansWhy is the Sky Blue?Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the BarrelDiamondsSaccadic SuppressionSpoonerismsDimples in GolfballsWhy Do Cats' Eye Glow at Night?The Shape of Lightning BoltsAlcohol in Pie . . . and Fried Fish?How Time Passes in DreamsWhy You Can Never Get to the End of the RainbowDo the Best Dogs Come from the Pound?Cooking with WineListening UnderwaterWhy Are Bells Made of MetalAn Inverted ImageThe Elastic RulerThe Sweet Spot on a Baseball BatWhy Kids can Sleep through just about AnythingCold Water at the Bottom of the LakeBad Grades and Biological ClocksThe Twin WithinLimeysThe Secret Life of HiccupsHow Does the World Look to a Bee?CottonmouthWhy Mowing the Lawn Doesn't Kill the GrassThe Consequences of SmallnessAntimatterHow Dogs EatThe Secret of Clear Ice CubesBroken Cups and AtomsOne-way GlassLate Night RadioWhy Honey Turns HardAdding and Subtracting ColorsBreaking a Coffee CupDéjà vuA Rock in a Row BoatWhen It Smells Like RainMiragesWhy Popcorn PopsMake an Image Without a LensA Rising FastballChimes For Your Ears OnlyHow Can You Tell If a Spider is Dead?Why Fan Blades Stay DirtyThe Legacy of the DodoGet Your Bearings with Two ThumbtacksMore Than One Way to Make a FrogA Dot, A Line, A Crease, A Beautiful CurveThe Shape of SoundBlinkingSorting Out Musical PitchesNewton, Tennis, and the Nature of LightRoll Over, George WashingtonDon't Believe Your FingersOpera Singers Cut through the OrchestraCurved Space in a Christmas OrnamentCoriolis EffectCatch A Falling DollarIllusion in a Coffee CupWhy Do We Put Cut Flowers in Water?Knuckle CrackingLife Without ZeroFor This You Need a Doctor?Two-Point ThresholdA Mirror RiddleSort Nuts By Shaking CanWhy A Rubber Band Snaps BackSome Like It HotBreaking the TensionWhy 5,280 Feet?Balance A Yardstick Without LookingHeat Lightning