Tag: science
I have city kids make comic books to create a buzz...
Katherine Richardson Bruna, Iowa State University
If humans and mosquitoes had a battle at the end of the world,...
Why are some mushrooms poisonous?
Karen Hughes, University of Tennessee
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Project-based learning deepens science knowledge for 3rd graders in Michigan
Joseph S. Krajcik, Michigan State University and Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University
The Research Brief is a short take...
Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland’s ice – and...
Andrew Christ, University of Vermont and Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base...
In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
There is perhaps nothing more heartbreaking and confusing than a mother who neglects her children.
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s...
Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It slowly destroys memory, thinking and behaviors, and eventually the...
Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors...
Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh
Why do we do things that are bad for us – or not do things that are good for...
Why do older people heal more slowly?
Matthew Steinhauser, University of Pittsburgh
I recently visited an 83-year-old patient in the hospital after EMTs rushed her to the ER with an infected leg...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
