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Meet the "Recycling Sharks" Rebecca and Reef and their new dolphin friend Reggie. Learn more about how humans impact their ocean habitat and what we can do to help protect them.

Nature is all around us, even in our cities. You just need to know where to look! Explore the role cities play in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and what you can to be a Backyard Bay Saver in a city. Developed for students in grades: 4-7.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge is the first competition to pit full-size driverless cars against each other at the iconic speedway. The vehicles will be identical--a cutting-edge race car retrofitted for automation--but the team behind each one will have spent months perfecting its ability to outmaneuver the others. Among the 39 teams competing will be the University of Virginia’s Cavalier Autonomous Racing Club. Madhur Behl, an assistant professor with UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the faculty advisor guiding more than a dozen students through the process of programming a winner.

Humans have caused some big changes on land, in the ocean, and even in the air. Some of those changes have impacted vast amounts of species including in here in the Southeastern part of the nation. Science and conservation are wonderful tools to help address some of those impacts. Many species have been wiped out, but with a little planning, work, and luck scientists are hoping to give some of these dwindling species a shot at a comeback.

For a long time now we've seen different visions of the future involving flying cars, teleportation, and so on. Science fiction often also shares ideas on potential future human and technology mergers too.

As vaccination efforts have continued to reach adults, many of us are left wondering – what about the kids?

The pandemic has caused a lot of new medical science to be explored, but all the other science work must get done too! Part of that work includes better understanding our planet’s biological history, including extinct animals! Why have ancient rats and cats been in the science news lately?

Discover more about Brood X cicadas that will soon be emerging in certain states. Learn how they interact with our environment, and ways you can take part in their emergence by exploring this interactive Brood X Billions Story Map.

You know what they say, folks: Birds of a feather, flock together! Well, dinos of a scale, may flock together as well! It’s a slant rhyme, people. Come on! Get excited, we’re about to dig into some brand new dino-science!