Putting batteries in a refrigerator or freezer to prolong their life and keep them fresh is a widely shared myth that’s been debunked by scientists and battery makers alike. The truth is, keeping ...

MUNICH, Germany: Four golfers swarm into a little caddy car as they are surprised by a hailstorm during a golf tournament in Munich on 28 June 2005. The storm took ten minutes only, and the sportsmen ...

With bird nesting season just around the corner, I went on a hunt to see what the newest recommendations in building, monitoring and maintaining birdhouses might be. I stumbled upon an article on ...

It is easy to think of science as essentially organized common sense, based as it is on generating hypotheses, testing them, evaluating the results of those tests, and then, if the findings are ...

A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To ...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...

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It is easy to think of science as essentially organized common sense, based as it is on generating hypotheses, testing them, evaluating the results of those tests, and then, if the findings are ...