{"id":119210,"date":"2026-02-10T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2026-04-10#038;p=119205"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:26:52","slug":"science-today-april-2026-2026-04-10","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-april-2026-2026-04-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Roach jumping: How do they do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-119094 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png\" alt=\"Photo of a globe-shaped theater taken from the ceiling looking down with people standing on balconies and seated on the main floor. A presenter stages on a small stage with a large image of a frog projected behind the stage.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound.png 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cockroaches are incredibly mobile: they can walk, run, crawl, fly, and jump! I research how they jump, and how they use jumping to navigate their surroundings. Participants can expect to learn about common roaches found in NC they might encounter in their house, and why they&#8217;re so agile and mobile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicol\u00e1s Galvez, Researcher in the museum&#8217;s AntLab and graduate student at NC State<\/p>\n<p><em>Go inside the globe of the SECU Daily Planet Theater for live presentations and interactive shows led by scientists and educators. Meet researchers, witness live demonstrations, and engage in Q&amp;A sessions with experts. With ever-changing topics and guests, there\u2019s always something new and exciting to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Topic Cockroaches are incredibly mobile: they can walk, run, crawl, fly, and jump! I research how they jump, and how they use jumping to navigate their surroundings. Participants can expect to learn about common roaches found in NC they might encounter in their house, and why they&#8217;re so agile and mobile. Today&#8217;s Expert Nicol\u00e1s&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-april-2026-2026-04-10\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,4,5,12,13,15,25,47,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120275,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119210\/revisions\/120275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119210"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}