So I built a stegosaurus model kit, which included some factoids in the instructions. One of these factoids was that stegosaurs are not believed to have had a secondary brain in the hips to help them control their rear half after all. That was wild to me, since the whole stegosaurs and sauropods with their tiny heads needing a secondary brain for their huge bodies was commonly accepted back when I was a kid. So I looked it up, and indeed, the current hypothesis is that the cavity that the second brain was thought to occupy is used for a thing called a glycogen body. But what exactly does a glycogen body do? We’ll get back to you on that, apparently.
In the summer our weather reports also include a “burn time” or a UV index. 15 minutes is typical.
I need to put sun screen on if I’m going to be outside for more than about 30 minutes at a time.
We’re melanoma capital of the world.
There’s no where else I’d rather be.