Seed grow into plants through the process of germination. Germination requires optimum sunlight, temperature, water and air for the seed to turn into a plant. Isn’t it amazing that a tree as tall as a building can emerge from just a tiny...

Plenty of people argue that you can only fold a piece of paper in half a maximum of 7 times. Is 7-times a hard limit for folding a piece of paper? Well, a piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. But there's a catch. You cannot do...

Toadstool and mushroom are merely unscientific labels to define different varieties of fungus. Yes, the mushroom that we eat is actually a fungus! There is a popular consensus that while mushrooms are white-capped species that grow in...

The difference between sex and gender is that sex is a biological concept based on biological characteristics such as difference in genitalia in male and female. Gender on the other hand, primarily deals with personal, societal and...

The jellyfish is one weird sea animal. What makes it even weirder is that it doesn’t have a brain or a heart. Though it doesn’t have a brain, it does have a nervous system in the form of nerve nets and some have a structure called a...

Plants, unlike most living things, produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis means 'making using light'. Plants use the energy from the sunlight to make food. The food matter comes from carbon dioxide...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that is often called the blueprint of life. Located in the nucleus, the DNA is a very long molecule with a helix winding structure like a twisted ladder. The rungs of the ladder are made of four...

Hawking radiation was first discovered by English scientist Stephen Hawking in 1974. Prior to this discovery, our knowledge of black holes was very limited. It was believed that black holes were completely black and that they did not...

Quantum physics deals with the foundation of our world – the electrons in an atom, the protons inside the nucleus, the quarks that build those protons, and the photons that we perceive as light. These constitute everything that we are...

"From self-driving cars to amphibian roadsters, vehicles are evolving to meet human needs. Design Thinking involves taking other people’s ideas onboard.



In this activity, children aged 8-11 will use the IDEA Design Thinking...

The Mars rover Curiosity has been sending back a constant stream of information from Mars to Earth since it touched down on the red planet on August 6. Curiosity can communicate direct with Earth directly by using its high-gain antenna...

Mars rover Curiosity is set to use its drilling unit for the first time to sample the inside of Martian rocks. The drill is the only piece of equipment Curiosity has yet to employ since it landed on Mars in early August. The rover is...

Joanna Goode is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Oregon. She earned a Ph.D., in Education Division of Urban Schooling at UCLA in 2004.



Joanna Goode’s research examines issues of access and equity for...