Posts tagged: biology

How Does Our Nervous System Confer Different Reactions to Stress?

Join us to learn how our nervous system responds to stress. Humans do not all respond to environmental stressors the same way... What are nervous system factors that make some people become more affected by stress than others? What are some theories on how our bodies respond to stress? In this cafe the presenter will explain how the autonomic

Shark Dissection

The South Carolina Aquarium Teen Science Café held a café all about SHARKS!

Bioengineering Café

Biology and engineering can be a difficult lesson to get across in a short period.

How do Cells get in Shape?

How Do Cells Get in Shape? What gives the wide variety of plant and animal cells their unique shapes? And once a cell is formed, can it change its shape? On Friday, March 18th, 2016, the Saint Louis Science Center site of the Gateway Teen Science Café node in St. Louis, Missouri, held a Teen Science Café centered around the

African Forest Elephants

How do you study an animal difficult to see? African Forest Elephants are the largest land animals, yet surprisingly there is a hidden species that we know very little about. This species, the African Forest Elephant has been understudied because it can easily hide in dense forests. Scientists, therefore, have to be creative and use a combination of methods to