April 11, 2013
Circus Science: How to Balance Anything
A tasty physics test from Science Buddies
Science Education
EnvironmentApril 4, 2013
High School Students Debate Climate Change: Adapt or Geoengineer?
As part of a national contest, teams of high school students argue adaptation is the only viable response to global warming whereas another team calls for geoengineering
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The SciencesApril 4, 2013
Solution Science: Colorful Candy Chromatography
A chemistry challenge from Science Buddies
The SciencesApril 2, 2013
"Just a Theory": 7 Misused Science Words
From "significant" to "natural," here are seven scientific terms that can prove troublesome for the public and across research disciplines
April 2, 2013
Biological Disciplines Meet to Break, Then Maybe Fix, Bread
At a conference April 9th to 11th, conservation biologists and synthetic biologists will try to find common ground. Steve Mirsky reports
April 2, 2013
NASA Climate Scientist James Hansen Quits to Fight Global Warming
Climate scientist James Hansen is retiring from NASA this week to devote himself to the fight against global warming
The SciencesMarch 30, 2013
Imagine All the People Turning Blue and Green
Science writer Dennis Meredith talks about his new science fiction book The Rainbow Virus, in which a bioterror plot turns people all the colors of the rainbow
March 28, 2013
Petitioners Urge White House to Reverse NASA Outreach Cuts
NASA is temporarily suspending many of its public-outreach efforts as a result of the federal budget sequester, but a petition to protest the move has drawn 5,800 signatories so far
March 28, 2013
Soft-Boiled Science: Egg-cellently Cooked Eggs
A cooking challenge from Science Buddies
March 21, 2013
Silky Science: Tie-Dyeing Eggs
An Easter egg chemistry challenge from Science Buddies
The SciencesMarch 19, 2013
April 2013 Briefing Memo
March 14, 2013
Sci-Fi Science: Attack of the Cabbage Clones
A Saint Patrick's Day project from Science Buddies