With a few systems in place, active science experiences can be fun and meaningful for both students and teachers.

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

Cooking can be a relaxing, meditative act—that is, until your eyes start to sting unbearably. Cutting an onion often leads to an involuntary stream of tears, but a new scientific discovery has ...

From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

Issues with the ship's hull, deck beams, and more show the ship was no match for Antarctic sea ice. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 6, 2025 6:00 AM EDT Image: Photo by Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research ...

The Philippine and Japanese governments are set to revisit a 2004 study on the impact of the so-called “The Big One,” a 7.2-magnitude earthquake or stronger in Metro Manila. “Next year we will revisit ...

Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...

CrunchLabs, the maker of STEM activity kits for kids founded by NASA engineer turned YouTube science communicator Mark Rober, has launched Class CrunchLabs, a collection of free standards-aligned ...

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As a synthetic opioid, tramadol is often prescribed for moderate to severe pain. A widely used painkiller, tramadol, may not be as safe or effective as previously believed, according to a recent study ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...