Science Matters

What’s got eyes, butts, and cascading mental implications? This week’s science story! As we continue to be socially distanced from one another, it feels like nearly any form of connection is welcome at this point. Simply making eye contact actually has a myriad of benefits for us humans, but first…let’s chat about some related but very different eye contact research.

Tracking the health of the world’s 10,000+ bird species is an immense challenge. Hundreds of thousands of people are needed to report what they see in backyards, neighborhoods, and wild places around the world. Two critical components of this work are who’s doing it and how well are they doing it. Learn more about this topic and talk with two scientific thinkers on August 31.

As hurricane season continues to move forward we see continue to see more reports about tropical storms. We recently just saw a lot of news about a powerful storm that moved up the East coast and climate experts are telling us the season's just getting started.

Join Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier, as she uses her kitchen as her laboratory to explore the science of concentration through fun with food coloring and edible rock candy. Science, Physical Science, Biology grades 6-10.

NASA interns Sarah, Lenore and Jacob, explore water as it moves through Earth's spheres in the water cycle. Learn about clouds and how to make your own cloud estimator. Learn how to make an "automatic" system to water your plants using cohesion and adhesion.

Learn about polymerization with Camille Schrier, science lover and Miss America 2020. Learn how to use the power of polymers to make "gummy worms" and biodegradable corn plastic.

This COVID-19 moment is the time to raise the value of the interdisciplinary approach of STEM for every person to develop and apply their understandings of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to our daily lives. To notice. To wonder. To ask questions. This is our moment to clearly define how STEM can support and impact our lives.

Science often studies the relationships between physical objects, chemicals, or even how theoretical information interacts with other theoretical information. Okay, but what about our own relationships? Romantic relationships have long been a part of the human story, but how well have we really studied them?

Join Jacob, Sarah and Lenore, NASA interns as they explore force, motion, energy, and simple and compound machines. Learn how NASA uses these machines and how to find examples within your own home.

Jerry Samford interviews Michael Lewis about his love of astronomy and what we need to do to preserve dark night skies for future generations.