Sci/Why

By Gillian O'Reilly How did a history and art history graduate end up writing about science? I blame it on Dr. David Suzuki . Specific...

 By Jan Thornhill Ruby LOVES to "play dead" so we can will bury her in snow! I love early spring! And no – I’m not ...

By Claire Eamer From the website of the research ship, Okeanos Explorer : "From March 7 – 29, 2017, NOAA and partners will conduct a...

By Claire Eamer This day, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day, celebrated around the world by the Irish, the formerly Irish, the wannabe-Ir...

by L. E. Carmichael You've probably heard about scientists using  photos of whale flukes to identify individual humpbacks . Did you k...

By Claire Eamer Our buddy and occasional Sci/Why blogger, Margriet Ruurs and her husband Kees have just completed an amazing trip to the ...

As educators, we pay close attention to common misconceptions of our students and readers, and are prepared to correct them. Being human, ...