Posted: September 3, 2021

Question Your World: How Do Scientists Know Where One Specific Mammoth Traveled?

Recently scientists reconstructed the prehistoric travel log of a wooly mammoth that lived in Alaska more than 17,000 years ago by applying present-day knowledge to the geologic past.

Question Your World: How Do Scientists Know Where One Specific Mammoth Traveled?
Posted: August 27, 2021

What is a Dinosaur?

On the surface, this seems like a simple question. Everyone knows what a dinosaur is, right?! But do you really?

What is a Dinosaur?
Posted: August 19, 2021

Question Your World: How Did The COVID Vaccine Get Made So Quickly?

Some people have concerns over the short time in which the COVID-19 vaccine was created, but more than a decade of preparation helped save immense amounts of time during the four phases of development.

Question Your World: How Did The COVID Vaccine Get Made So Quickly?
Posted: August 10, 2021

Question Your World: Did These Birds Just Learn a New Trick?

Sulfur-crested cockatoo have been making headlines in Australia. Citizen scientists have been filming their newest skill set, and let's just say it's pretty trashy!

Question Your World: Did These Birds Just Learn a New Trick?
Posted: July 28, 2021

What’s in a Name: The Science behind What We Call Things

Juliet may have thought names were arbitrary, but scientifically, names play an important role by placing order on our world by helping us differentiate between things. So how does science go about assigning names?

What’s in a Name: The Science behind What We Call Things