NASA’s Space Shuttle program may be ending, but astronauts still face the challenge of spending long periods in space on the International Space Station (ISS) and future planetary missions.
Astronaut Sandy Magnus knows the rigors of working and working out in space. A mission specialist on the final shuttle mission, she also spent more than four […]

When Michael Edwards moved from Aberdeen, Scotland, to New Brunswick, Canada, he intended to earn a PhD in biology. But he had to abandon that plan when he developed an allergy to the potato beetles he was working with.
The doctoral program’s loss was informal science’s gain; reasoning that he had enjoyed the teaching aspect of […]

Have you been meaning to create some simple videos, maybe to illustrate your favorite hands-on science activity?
If you already have a high-end digital video camera, professional backdrops and lighting, and FinalCut pro, you can stop reading right now.
But what if you don’t have any of that equipment, and still want to make some stop action […]

Since April 20, people around the world have watched as millions of gallons of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. We tune in to news accounts of oil-covered pelicans, tar balls on beaches, and underwater “plumes” that may be even more damaging that the oil washing up on our shorelines. An entire ecosystem, not […]