Last year, when the pandemic forced schools to go virtual, Libertyville High School chemistry teacher Sherri C. Rukes was heartbroken to see students struggling with remote education, she says. She ...

This Thursday, October 24, we’re showcasing the 25th year of Lights On Afterschool to shine a light on the need for high-quality, hands-on afterschool STEM programs for all children. Together, we can ...

Discover the profound health benefits of this Japanese practice. It is , backed by science, significantly boosts your immune ...

Introduction Scientists study earthquakes so we can understand and predict them better. In this activity you will learn about one of the tools scientists use to measure the strength of an ...

Yewande Oluwole, 5, and her sister Jadesola, 3, love astronomy and can name every planet—even the dwarf planets. But peering ...

How quickly will an ice cream sandwich melt? Well, that depends on a lot of factors, including the weather. A few years ago, Walmart started selling an ice cream sandwich that did not melt, even when ...

Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced ...

CHICAGO — It was accidental science. A study documented an 87-year-old’s brain activity at the exact moment of his passing. The serendipitous finding opened one doctor’s mind to what’s possible when ...

In recent years, a host of new ways have emerged for people with little or no formal science training to take part in scientific research projects. Such citizen science often entails crowdsourcing ...