Bugs, Bugs, and more Bugs
Famous Scientists
Monumental Findings of 2023
Residual Toxicity!
Miscellaneous Fun Facts
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The most numerous insect in the world at 10 to 100,000 trillion individuals and more than 10,000 different species.
What is ants?
100
Suffered from insane sexism and whose effort was effectively erased by colleagues who took sole credit for the discovery of the DNA double helix.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
100
2023 broke a significant record that was previously set seven years ago, in 2016.
What is being the hottest year on record?
100
The main purpose of my thesis.
What is to create the largest compendium of residual toxicity values for common bee pollinators?
100
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that does this.
What is spins clockwise?
200
Behaviors that insects do to survive during the cold winter months. (Hint: there are three)
What is migration, overwintering, diapause?
200
Marie Curie was the first woman to do these two important things in the fields of Physics and Chemistry.
What is win the Nobel Prize, and then win the Nobel Prize a second time!
200
A major factor in 60% of species extinctions.
What is invasive species, specifically insect pests?
200
The Journal I was published in.
What is PeerJ?
200
The only part of the human body that cannot heal.
What is human teeth? (Enamel is not living tissue!)
300
The three parts of the thorax. (Hint: think latin)
What is prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax?
300
Considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence and who was integral to the deciphering of coded messages during World War II.
Who is Alan Turing?
300
A groundbreaking therapy recently approved for use in the treatment of defective hemoglobin production or function.
What is CRISPR gene editing?
300
The three species I analyzed in my thesis. (Bonus points if you can give both their scientific and common names)
What is Megachile rotundata (Leafcutter Bee), Apis mellifera (Honey bee), Nomia melanderi (Alkali Bee)?
300
The Eiffel Tower does this during the summer months which makes it different in this way from the winter months.
What is become taller? (By 15 cm!)
400
The primary hormone involved in the control of insect metamorphosis. (Hint: it is also a stage of human development)
What is Juvenile Hormone?
400
Two of Linus Pauling's most influential findings. (Hint: think electrons and proteins)
What is orbital hybridization?
What is protein structure, alpha helix and beta sheets?
400
A monumental breakthrough in the strive towards renewable energy, scientists were able to reproduce this process on earth for the first time.
What is nuclear fusion?
400
Arguably the most significant finding of my thesis.
What is the lack of residual toxicity studies and data?
400
The length of the technical name of the protein better known as titin - a folded, spring-like protein that helps keep our muscles elastic which is also the longest word in the English language. (I'll take a range)
What is 189,819 letters long?
500
The family this insect belongs to.
What is Coleoptera?
500
Coined the term "cell" now known as the basic structural unit of all organisms after observing the cell walls in slices of cork tissue.
Who is Robert Hooke?
500
This year it was found that bowhead whales can do this which decreases their chance of cancer and allows them to live longer.
What is repair their own DNA?
500
The people who have supported me and my thesis throughout the researching and writing process.
Who is all of you, my wonderful friends <3
500
Horseshoe crabs have an enzyme called limulus amebocyte lysate that has likely saved the lives of many people by ensuring medical equipment is safe by having this unique property. (Hint: think contamination)
What is causes the blood to coagulate when exposed to bacterial endotoxins?