Experimental Physicist Robert Hart’s curiosity about music and how violins work led him to pour glitter on plates. And his friend’s curiosity about how a marble would move if you drop it onto a saddle …
Ryan Venturelli
Did you know that some archaea (one-celled forms of life) can survive in extremely hot and extremely acidic environments? They have been found living at 113 degrees Celsius (235 degrees Fahrenheit: …
Sara Bushmann
Applied Entomologist Sara Bushmann studies bees and other pollinators — bugs that help plants grow. What's your favorite kind of insect? Why? Without bees, bumblebees, and other …
Scott Tremaine
Throughout the Milky Way galaxy, planets orbit hundreds of millions of stars other than the Sun. And in galaxies beyond our own, stars orbit enormous black holes millions or even billions of times the …
Sean Gibbons
Microbes – or microorganisms: creatures so small you can’t see them – are everywhere. Some of them live on the surfaces of almost everything you touch. Others also live on and inside of you, from the …
Steven Strogatz
SWARMSOFSYNCHRONOUSLYFLASHINGFIREFLIES Poetry? Well, yes, and also one of the ways Applied Mathematician Steven Strogatz describes his work. The author of Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in …
T.J. Eatmon
Environmental Scientist T.J. Eatmon helped students at Allegheny College create a system that can grow some of their cafeteria food. What's your favorite food? Do you know how its made or where it …
Tamara Skeeter
Skate-boarding in Golconda Skate Park might have been on the dangerous side, were it not for the work of Civil Engineer Tamara Skeeter and her colleagues. Read to the end to find out why! Did …
Tysheina Robertson
Ask your students this question and have everyone answer and then tell them that every town's roads, bus systems, and train systems are designed by civil engineers like Tysheina Robertson. Then read …
William C. Johnson
If you drink juice, water, or milk from a box, you probably take it for granted that the paperboard that the carton is made of won’t let the liquid it contains leak out. And when you reach for a paper …
