#sci-show

[Image Description: A screenshot from YouTube. The video is entitled "Antimony: the life-Saving Toxin" The picture is of the antimony entry on the Periodic Table.]

I'm sure this is a very interesting video and I'm going to learn very many things, but if we're being completely honest, I'm going to watch it primarily to interpret their words as applying to the youngest daughter of the Incryptid series' Price family and laugh at the image of her as a life-saving toxin.

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We're off to a great start:

[Image description: a screenshot reading "antimony is a triple-threat:"]

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Leonard Cunningham convincing his grandfather to send her out on a field mission:

[Image description: a screenshot reading "Antimony isn't just harmful: It's also useful"]

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Leonard Cunningham on the phone trying to explain why he's still in Maine (Pro tip: don't shoot at her boyfriend)

[Image description: a screenshot reading "our relationship with antimony is ...complicated"]

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She is handy in a fight. But mostly it's because we love her

[Image description: a screenshot reading "But we don't just keep antimony around for its practical uses."]

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This is my absolute favorite:

[Image description: a screenshot reading "Antimony is durable, it's tough, and when it's combine with other elements, it can make things fire-resistant."]

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and in conclusion...

[Image description: a screenshot reading "And that seems to sum up antimony: It's an element that can both take lives and save lives, depending on how we interact with it."]

Sci-Show: How Plants Tell Time

Plants don’t have brains or muscles, and yet some of them can perform such feats as eating insects or following the sun. Scientists haven’t completely figured out how this happens, but they do have some pretty strong leads.