Episode 13 - Flying Paper Airplanes to the Moon

Welcome to the third episode of season two of Stump the Librarian! Join Courtnei and Emily, with a little help from Jill, as they tackle three questions in this episode. Does the Earth’s moon have a name? How far can a paper airplane fly? How does hair grow? We would love to answer questions from you, the listener. Email us at stumpthelibrarian@kdl.org. 

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Concerning the moon... 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/ 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/lunar-phases-and-eclipses/ 

https://www.livescience.com/33373-moon-name.html 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64667/why-doesnt-our-moon-have-name 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&placeholder=Enter+moon+name&condition_1=9%3Aparent_id&condition_2=moon%3Abody_type%3Ailike 

https://www.npr.org/2012/01/20/145525014/science-diction-the-origin-of-the-word-moon 

 

Concerning paper airplanes... 

https://howthingsfly.si.edu/ask-an-explainer/who-created-paper-airplane-0 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/farthest-flight-by-a-paper-aircraft 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paper-airplanes-flew-decades-real-ones-did-180955129/ 

Concerning hair... 

How Does Hair Know When to Stop Growing? 

https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/hair-loss/science-hair 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C808650 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C676546