What Do Women Scientists, Conditioning Techniques, and Rats Have in Common?
Training Norway rats to play basketball is pretty hard. But what might be more difficult is deciding what to name the seven new rat basketball trainees at the Museum!
Question Your World: Happy Locally Sourced Thanksgiving, Virginia!
On Thursday, millions of Americans will gather around dinner tables for the big Thanksgiving meal. The giant festive feast is the centerpiece of this holiday, so let’s take a look at Thanksgiving foods through the lens of science.
Question Your World: What Are the Stranger Things in Science?
According to the Neilson ratings, in the first three days of November, 15.8 million people watched the first episode of the Netflix original Stranger Things! Fictional shows are all well and good, but the science world has some pretty strange facts to offer as well.
Question Your World: What’s the First Thing to Visit Us from Outside Our Solar System?
For a long time now, humanity has looked up at the stars and wondered if we would ever be visited. Well, we just were.
Question Your World: What Makes the New Virginia Facebook Data Center So Cool?
In a cool turn of events, Facebook “liked” us! The social media giant just announced it will be building its newest state-of-the-art data center in Virginia! Data centers require a lot of energy, but Facebook has some cutting-edge plans.
