Posted: November 4, 2020

Celebrating Arbor Day by Exploring the Importance of Richmond’s Trees

Richmond's Arbor Day holiday recognizes the importance of trees, and is a great time to learn about trees, how they are managed using urban forestry, and how you can get some for your community.

Celebrating Arbor Day by Exploring the Importance of Richmond’s Trees
Posted: October 30, 2020

Halloween's Blue Moon: Is It from Water?

There's been some interesting moon news recently (no, not the Halloween "Blue Moon") so we thought we'd have our astronomer tell us all about it.

Halloween's Blue Moon: Is It from Water?
Posted: October 29, 2020

Fright Night: Halloween Monsters

Lots of adults spend the weeks leading up to Halloween watching the scary movies. Our resident historian gives us the rundown on some creepy characters featured in the films, as well as some modern science related to each.

Fright Night: Halloween Monsters
Posted: October 26, 2020

Question Your World: What’s Scarier than a Shark with One Head?

News of a two-headed shark might sound like a scary movie being released for Halloween, but it's true!

Question Your World: What’s Scarier than a Shark with One Head?
Posted: October 23, 2020

Halloween in Space? Cosmic Spider Webs and Supermassive Black Holes

With Halloween right around the corner, people are decorating with spider webs and lots of black. It seems fitting, then, that some space news about spider webs and black holes was released in October.

Halloween in Space? Cosmic Spider Webs and Supermassive Black Holes