5th Grade is a fantastic age to do science. The kids are old enough to start doing some projects independently and they have an insatiable curiosity and passion for learning. Especially when it is ...

At daybreak in a small town in Bihar, children begin climbing a narrow flight of stairs. There are no painted school gates or morning bells waiting for them at the top. Instead, there is a rooftop — ...

In this quick science demo, I show how tiny water beads transform when you add salt. First I compare dry beads to ones that have soaked in water for 24 hours, then I sprinkle salt on them and watch ...

Public scientific literacy in the Xizang autonomous region has risen sharply over the past 60 years, transforming from a very uninformed base into a key driver of social stability and high-quality ...

Growing up one of my favorite things to do was lay in the grass and stare up at the clouds. Cloud formation is a fundamental meteorological phenomenon that can seem quite mysterious, but it’s actually ...

Since its inception, TikTok has become an arbiter of culture, memes, and even political organizing, all while curating eerily specific For Your Pages for its users full of dancing videos, funny ...

On the night of a big storm, I was trying to shift my son’s focus from his fear of severe weather to an exercise in counting. Using a trick I had learned as a child, we started measuring the time ...