Pump it Up with the THL Pumpkin Quiz!
Do you have your Halloween pumpkin yet? How many pumpkin spice donuts have you eaten so far? Take a break for our Pumpkin Quiz and see how much you really…
Do you have your Halloween pumpkin yet? How many pumpkin spice donuts have you eaten so far? Take a break for our Pumpkin Quiz and see how much you really…
October 16, 2013 is World Food Day. Here are five things you can do to recognize the need to appreciate and share the bounty: 1. Give to your local food…
A recent study by The New School shows that reading literary fiction improves people’s ability to empathize with others. We know that any kind of reading is important for kids,…
Recent reports of multiple quakes in Yellowstone National Park and a quake that caused an island to emerge in Pakistan sent us looking for more information. Earthquakes occur when plates…
No – it isn’t a fairy tail, er…tale. …So then, what’s beautifully multicolored yet transparent, and shaped like a dainty little tadpole yet with a tail that is capable of…
by Penny Noyce Last week, NPR’s Marketplace aired a pair of short segments examining the notion of meritocracy in Silicon Valley. The first segment defined meritocracy as “ a grand…
Kids have been building with blocks forever, but new research draws a direct line between using connecting blocks and developing good math and science skills. Researchers at the University of…
On August 23, 2013, the National Zoo in Washington D.C. welcomed a new baby panda. It’s a girl, and you can see her on one of the Zoo’s two Panda…
by Deborah Blum This post appeared originally on ScienceBlogs and has been re-bloggged with permission from the author. As a dedicated chemistry nut – I mean, of course, enthusiast –…
You could say that French physicist Leon Foucault (full name: Jean Bernard Leon Foucault) made discoveries that moved heaven and earth. Most famous for the Foucault pendulum, which demonstrates how the Earth…