Hank usually likes to keep science and politics separated, but the reality is that a lot of scientific research in the United States is funded by the government. This is a problem right now because the disfunction in the world of...

Hank usually likes to keep science and politics separated, but the reality is that a lot of scientific research in the United States is funded by the government. This is a problem right now because the disfunction in the world of...

"Dance can elevate our human experience beyond words," says Judith Jamison, artistic director emerita of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In between performances of excerpts from Alvin Ailey's classic works "Revelations" and...

Are you Gen X? A Baby Boomer? Maybe a Millennial? Or perhaps a Zoomer? There are a number of generations out there and marketers need to have a rough idea of how each of the current generations are different as well as similar to know...

In Ethiopia, there is a significant crisis of visual impairment and a high prevalence of blindness. Dr. Samuel Bora, part of the Tropical Health Alliance Foundation, is combating this issue by performing high-volume cataract surgeries,...

Jessi answers the question, "How do I do what you do?" and shares 4 essential things that are needed to do what she does.

Jessi is asked how she does it all: animal care, business, and children. It's hard, but simple to explain.

Jessi gives updates on Rook the Raven, Joy the Macaw, and Cheeks the rabbit. Spoiler: they're all doing amazing!

Historian Nile Green (UCLA) describes how aspects of British colonialism in India led to the exportation of various types of Islam to Japan and the United States.

Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, relates how we need to develop a better-funded culture of aggressive outreach to help homeless people who suffer from mental illness.

USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks relates how a key ingredient to helping mentally ill people who are on the street is to engage in “aggressive outreach” to first get them to a safe and comfortable place before working on any...

This week, we've got a vlog from Alie on the road! She's been away at the Science Media Awards and Summit in the Hub, or SMASH. It's an amazing gathering of scientists and science media creators. She's here to share her experiences as a...

Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, MFA, is an Associate professor in the School of Journalism where she serves as the Improvisation Program Director in the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. She teaches workshops and graduate courses at...

Happy Brain Awareness Week, Brainiacs! To celebrate this worldwide event, weêre doing something different. Join us as we debunk a brain myth every day this week - and check out the organizations whose efforts have brought Brain Awareness...

Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem is the Associate Director at the Media Education Lab and an Assistant Professor of multimedia production faculty at the department of communication, Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from...

Fire archeologist Jun Kinoshita came to Yosemite National Park in 2001 from a seasonal archeologist position at Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska.

The 2018 "STEM Girls Night In," held Nov. 2-3, 2018, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, had about 40 young participants who designed and built Mars rover models, spoke with astronaut Jeanette Epps...

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Like to catch snowflakes? Try using a card instead of your tongue! Join the Global Snowflake Network for the International Polar Year. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center invites you to be a part of this special data collection effort....

Video about some invasive snakes, plants, and fish in the park (15 min. with closed-captions).

FabLab creator Neil Gershenfeld of MIT describes the emerging science of fabrication.<b<br/>r/>

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a first step to future missions, Mars, and beyond. But a lot has to happen before we get there and one woman played a key role.<br/>

To get young students reading about science, NASA is trying something different. Instead of a press release or a scientific paper, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has launched a Japanese manga-style comic book....

Come visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Putting ideas in space.... bringing knowledge home.