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How to Count to 100,000 STEM Teachers in 10 Years
Talia Milgrom-Elcott is building a coalition of the willing, an army devoted to bringing thousands of educators to the classroom
April 15, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
How Museums Are Fostering the Workforce of the Future
The Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum gives high school students an inside look at collections, labs and the people who run them
April 15, 2013 |
By Marina Koren
Don’t Blame the Awful U.S. Drought on Climate Change
Scientists can attribute particular natural disasters to climate change--just not the 2012 Great Plains drought
April 12, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Animals Use Medicine, Too
From chimps to caterpillars to birds and flies, all sorts of animals use medicine
April 12, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
This Woman Was Born With Three Fingers, But Her Brain Knew All Along What Having Five Would Feel Like
This woman's brain knew what having five fingers felt like, even though she herself had never in her life had five fingers
April 12, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Brain Surgery Performed on a Bear for the First Time
Champa the bear has made a swift recovery following surgery at her bear sanctuary in Laos
April 12, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Why Humidity Makes Your Hair Curl
Humid air causes hydrogen bonds to form between water molecules and the proteins in your hair, triggering curls and frizz
April 12, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Inside the Great American Baseball Road Trip
Forget team loyalty. In 2013, it's all about the stadium, as ballpark chasers take to the road with the goal of seeing a game in every stadium on the continent
April 12, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
The N.H.L. Officially Welcomes Gay Players With Most Inclusive Measures of Any Professional Sport
If you had to guess which sport had the most inclusive measures for LGBT people, you might be wrong. It's the National Hockey League
April 12, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
People May Consume More Soda If Supersized Drinks Are Banned
When given a choice between buying one large drink or several smaller drinks, people went with the latter option, which adds up to more total soda consumed
April 12, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Can Architects Prevent Gun Deaths?
Architects wonder if they can design gunman-proof buildings
April 12, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Where Are the Greenest Schools in the Country?
The definition of being eco-conscious is so much more than having solar panels on a roof
April 12, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Unleashing the Power of One Computer for Every Student
Education reformer and Amplify CEO Joel Klein explains how tablets in schools will revolutionize the classroom experience
April 12, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT?
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
April 12, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Nearly Every American Has Had to Deal With Some Weather Disaster Since 2007
Around four out of five Americans live in a counties declared federal disaster areas in the past six years
April 11, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Scientists Breed Exercise-Crazy Rats
Thirty-six genes may hold the secret for why some rats preferred running on wheels ten times as much as other rats
April 11, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Chins Prove There’s No Such Thing As Universal Beauty
Dartmouth researchers studied chin shapes of 180 recently deceased male and female skeletons from Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe. Chin shapes, they found, differ significantly in all of these regions
April 11, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Lost in Space and Other Tales of Exploration and Navigation
A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
April 11, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Revealed: The Part of Our Brains That Makes Us Like New Music
Imaging technology shows that a reward center known as the nucleus accumbens lights up when we hear melodies we love
April 11, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
