It’s STEM Tuesday.  Yay!

Let’s get jiggy with Octopuses.  Yes, that’s right.  Octopuses, not octopi.  (Octopus comes from Greek, not Latin, so no pluralizing like we came from Italy.  Whoops!  We’re talking Science today, not language.  Onward.)  

I subscribe to the “Stuff You Should Know” podcast.  I love these guys.  Besides, they completely entertained three grandchildren on a five-hour road-trip.  Not the video, the podcast.  That’s right; no visual stimulation, just their voices. Here’s a link to their “Octopus, Octopi, Octopod, Octopuses” podcast.  Super-cool.  Trust me, it’s great.

Octopuses are pretty amazing: tricky, smart, techy, and Pinterest worthy.

Octopuses are smart as the dickens. They can solve puzzles, recognize