August 29, 2024 • Adam Frank, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, talks about the real possibility of alien life and the challenges of finding it. Then, Dr. Lauren ...
COSI held a science experiment event that distributed hundreds of individual experiment boxes to eager young students to celebrate America’s upcoming birthday.
Glass frogs, native to Central American rainforests, have lime green skin, but their transparent bellies reveal their internal organs, earning them the name ‘glass frogs’. Glass frogs are ...
When a laser is aimed into flowing water, it can get “trapped” because of a phenomenon called total internal reflection. Some animals, like sea turtles and salmon, can sense the Earth’s ...
This fact sheet attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural ...