Science stories

Two women outside, one wearing a neon vest

Scientists, collaborators, and friends dig into the fossil record

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Photo of researcher Emilia Huerta-Sánchez

High altitude adaptations: The work of Emilia Huerta-Sánchez

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: multipage

The science checklist applied: Cold fusion

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • chemistry
  • physics

Format: single page

Fossil insects take to social media

Topics:
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

The science checklist applied: CFCs and the destruction of the ozone layer

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • chemistry
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Ozone depletion: Uncovering the hidden hazard of hairspray

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • chemistry
  • Earth science

Format: multipage

two models of atomic structure: one with atoms circling the nucleus in all directions and one where each atom occupies a distinct orbital

A science prototype: Rutherford and the atom

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • physics

Format: multipage

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Discovering a strange new group of ancient sea creatures

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Fair tests in physics: Examining eclipses

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • astronomy
  • physics

Format: single page

swirling, colorful picture of deep space

Luminous

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • astronomy

Format: video

Science and technology on fast forward

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • physics

Format: single page

sketches of trilobite fossils

Piecing together fossil puzzles in a mysterious museum cabinet

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

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ESP: What can science say?

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • pseudoscience
  • psychology

Format: single page

As parsimonious as the evidence allows: Different ways of seeing color

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

Fair tests: A do-it-yourself guide

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • Thinking scientifically every day
Disciplines:

Format: single page

A collage that include sample cores with a map of Baja California highlighting the Guaymas Basin

Questions built on sand

Topics:
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Illuminating relativity: Experimenting with the stars

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • astronomy
  • physics

Format: single page

What is it about Los Angeles?

Topics:
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

white woman with gray hair

Endosymbiosis: Cells within cells

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: multipage

Fair tests in the fossil record: Avoiding extinction

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

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