A friend's son, who is very interested in ants, sent me the link to this video about leafcutter ants and the amazing architecture of their hives. The sheer scale of it is impressive, especially given the size of its builders.
This is the most amazing bit of animal behavior I've ever seen. This took place at Kruger National Park in South Africa. (You might want to preview it before showing it to your little ones, but it's really not as gruesome as it at first seems.)
Could Rapunzel's hair actually have borne the weight of the prince? Could Aladdin fly on a carpet? Could the witch have "stolen" the Little Mermaid's voice without using any magical powers?
The answers to these questions can be found at this entertaining article The Science of Fairy Tales
Hat-tip to Amanda at http://wittingshire.blogspot.com/
Photo by NASA, from Apollo 17 flight, 1972
