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Title: It's About Time: Untangling Everything You Need to Know About Time Author: Pascale Estellon Publisher: Owl Kids ISBN: 978177...

No, I'm not a penguin scientist -- though I am applying to join an Antarctic expedition as a writer-in-residence. But I did enjoy findin...

by Jan Thornhill  My 1965 Peterson's Field Guide to Birds I blame my dad for nurturing my natural propensity to put nam...

In the November 2013 issue of The Atlantic , the Editors present a list of their top 50 inventions since, well, the wheel. A few years ago...

by Jan Thornhill It’s the middle of winter, not exactly a traditional season for mushrooming, but the big table in my dining room...

     Ewww...What is that smell? Were my socks washed in skunk juice? Did my feet turn into moldy cheese  I don’t think so. It is my stinky...

By Marie Powell (Photos by L. L. Melton) A tour of an underground mine offered a hands-on science opportunity during a recent trip to th...