If the pipes, wires, and other systems that make life run smoothly confound you, you’re not alone.
“There’s this mysteriousness or magic that’s associat...
Geochemist Karen Harpp unravels an island puzzle by studying volcanic rocks.
A visit to the Galápagos Islands, their unique flora and fauna the inspira...
The English poet John Donne famously wrote, “No man is an island/entire of itself.” But in philosophy circles, individuals are often regarded as their own isol...
Prof. Ephraim Woods and his students built an apparatus to understand sunlight-driven reactions in Earth’s atmosphere.
To the non-scientist, the apparat...
Excerpted from The Physics Teacher
Much effort has been expended to uncover forgotten contributions by women in physics and publicize examples of femal...
For his latest study, Prof. Spencer Kelly worked with collaborators in the Netherlands to learn how young children’s brains process speech and hand motions that happen at the same time.
“If a species sees an increase in temperature in the wrong season — which we see often, nowadays — would it be detrimental to them as far as being able to recover?”
Even in districts thought to be progressive, the experience of LGBTQ youth isn’t always positive. Two of Prof. Susan Woolley’s recent publications explore these problems and offer solutions to teachers and administrators.
José Maria Heredia (Cuba 1803–Mexico 1839) was a true child of the Age of Revolution, and his short and eventful life was marked decisively by the upheavals on the American continent as new republics struggled to emerge from the old colonial order.