Biology October 21, 2015 Research on dung beetles, people who think they're drunk among the 2013 Ig Nobel award winners People who think they are drunk also think they are attractive? Lost dung beetles can use the Milky Way to find their way home? Yep, it's the Ig Nobel awards again.
Biology October 21, 2015 Ancient microbes found in buried Antarctic lake Beneath the icy surface of a buried Antarctic lake, in super-salty water devoid of light and oxygen that is also cold enough to freeze seawater, researchers have now discovered that a diverse community of bacteria has survived for millennia.
Science Education October 21, 2015 First six students graduate from IBM's P-TECH school, will pursue STEM When Cletus Andoh, 17, graduates from the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, he will have earned not just a high school diploma but also an associate degree. Even more impressively, Andoh – who will be the first person in his immediate family to graduate from college — accomplished what would typically be six years of schooling in only four years. During the typical time it takes for the average student to complete high school, Andoh graduated from college with honors, been accepted to – and will attend in the fall – Syracuse University, and completed an internship with IBM Research.
Biology October 21, 2015 In the future, could brain imaging be used as legal evidence? Brain imaging can already pull bits of information from the minds of willing volunteers in laboratories. What happens when police or lawyers want to use it to pry a key fact from the mind of an unwilling person?
Science Education October 21, 2015 Deflate-gate: The science of underinflated footballs With the so-called “deflate-gate” controversy still swirling around the New England Patriots, experts have explained the science of underinflated footballs to FoxNews.com.
Science Education October 21, 2015 Mmm! Unraveling the chemistry of Christmas cookies It's Christmas cookie time, and everyone's got a recipe or two they swear by, whether their loyalties lie with frosted sugar cookies or gently spiced gingerbread
Science Education October 21, 2015 Giant Rubik’s Cube floats on Hudson to celebrate creator's birthday New Yorkers were treated to the surreal sight of a giant Rubik’s cube floating on the Hudson river on Friday.
Science Education October 21, 2015 Ask a science teacher: What makes ice float? Why is ice, which is water in solid form, lighter than water in its liquid form? Something must be happening to water when it freezes.
Science Education October 21, 2015 Ask a science teacher: What makes the colors in fireworks? There is much chemistry and physics in fireworks; the color of fireworks, for one thing, is all in the chemicals. Your basic fireworks have been around for hundreds of years.
Science Education October 21, 2015 World's thinnest glass shatters records -- by accident It's an earth-shattering record. At just one molecule thick, researchers at Cornell and Germany's University of Ulm discovered the world's thinnest sheet of glass -- by accident.
Science Education October 21, 2015 Texas teen takes home $100G science prize A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for scientific work that could help driverless cars and robots navigate around obstacles.
