Women scientists are bearing the brunt of COVID-19's impacts
Read now →International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021 marks countless setbacks for the science world
Museums and summer camps are excluding non-white people
Read now →Unbarred by school district lines, informal science education isn't equally accessible
.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=800&q=70&w=1200 "The Springville Hotshots brought fire down a dozer line and tied into Road 81 just north of the Mammoth Pools Trailer Park in the evening of September 10, 2020 as efforts continue to contain the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest.")
2021's wildfire season could be even more devastating to the western US than last year's record-breaker
Read now →Fuel moisture data collected by researchers at San Jose State University indicate this year is already very dry
New earthquake-detecting app may give people more time to evacuate
Read now →ShakeAlert was designed by researchers at the University of Oregon
Parasites in freshwater fish make them more hazardous than ocean fish
Read now →It may be wise to cancel your raw catfish sushi order
Children can, and should, wear masks in school
Read now →The CDC says it is safe for kids two years old and older to wear a mask
Hands-on learning makes STEM students more scientifically creative
Read now →Free-form makerspaces help young scientists develop skills not found in traditional classrooms
My brother has 4% Neanderthal DNA. What does that actually mean?
Read now →Neanderthals are an extinct relative of Homo Sapiens, having died out around 40,000 years ago
There's no corner of the globe safe from microplastic pollution
Read now →These tiny plastic pieces have now been detected on top of mountains, in the soil, and even in your honey
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