Many of us have been staying at home and/or sheltering in place for a while now. Maybe you're in need of some new activities for yourself or for younger people in your life. So I thought a round-up of some neat science you can explore at home might be helpful. Some are online, so if you can read this blog post you probably have everything you need to give them a try. Some are physical if you need a break from the screen. Let me know which ones you try and what you thought. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Learning in Place
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Science Corner: Science, Ho!
The Fourth of July in Pittsburgh is a big time for boating, what with the three rivers and all that. So this story about citizen scientists contributing their time at sea to science caught my eye. As Aquaman loves to remind us, the surface of the Earth is over 70% water. Yet nearly all of science is conducted on land, making it challenging to know even basic facts of what is happening out in the ocean. The solution here is to recruit volunteers (no press-ganging for this navy) who already spend significant time on the … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Science, Ho!
Science in Review: Dig the Future of Natural History
"This isn't science!" Apparently that was a common refrain at the science bowl my son participated in last week. The event is normally held at the Carnegie Science Center, a typical modern hands-on institution heavy on technology like robotics and interactive computer exhibits and also physics demonstrations and experiments. This year the science bowl was at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the kind of scientific institution built a century ago to study and display fossils, field specimens of living organisms, … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Dig the Future of Natural History