Sci/Why

Great Science Books for Kids! While all of us who contribute to this blog, create books for children, I would like to share two titles wi...

When I was a child, the Apollo space missions were taking place. My brother wore a home-made space-suit for Hallowe'en, and we learned e...

by Joan Marie Galat Author of the Dot to Dot in the Sky books - blending astronomy with ancient mythology While delivering astronomy p...

The Bionic Science Writer I am old and until recently I wore glasses with very strong progressive lenses- better known as “trifocals”...

By Claire Eamer We usually celebrate science on this blog, but this week we decided to celebrate ourselves. Just a little bit. Here, in ...

Ethanol, hydrogen, solar, wind, and.... cockroach? That's right.  The coolest, creepiest source of green energy around is a biofuel ce...

What happens to creatures that live in the ocean if seawater becomes more acidic? This fun activity, excerpted from The Big Green Book of t...