Science stories

Illuminating relativity: Experimenting with the stars

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

Format: single page

Intelligent Design: Is it scientific?

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

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

From Caribbean girl to California geologist

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

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

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

Asian woman wearing hat and bright yellow vest holds a handful of rocks to the camera

Finding community among fossils

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

Format: single page

Fair tests in the fossil record: Avoiding extinction

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

The science checklist applied: Solving DNA’s double helix

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

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

Two microscopic images of sand that show crystal-like formations.

Sand is more than meets the eye

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

White woman in lab coat holding fossil in gloved hand

Ancient bones, modern problems: One scientist’s trash is another scientist’s data

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

Format: multipage

Science and technology on fast forward

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

Format: single page

person wearing army fatigues inserting acupuncture needles into someone's back

A pointed question: Can science study acupuncture?

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

Format: single page

Predicting insects’ response to climate change

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Cartoon image of people and a robot visiting the paleontology section of a museum.

Scientific Process: The mysteries of life with Tim and Moby

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • astronomy
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: video

The science checklist applied: Cold fusion

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

Format: single page

Bill Berry and the construction of geologic time

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

eyes of a person wearing a turbun

ESP: What can science say?

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

Format: single page

Fair tests in physics: Examining eclipses

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

Format: single page

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