This poet reminisces about childhood as he listens to his daughter's lack of undertanding about the names of the all of the planets.

This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed the...

Interesting presentation of information to suggest that cheap airline prices are causing more people to fly, resulting in more jet fuel burning which pollutes the environment. Use this site to obtain a new perspective on the effects of...

Dinosaur paleontologist Dr. Steven Nicklas is interviewed about his career. He currently runs a business called Paleo Prospectors, taking groups on guided fossil hunting trips.

Dr. Mary R. Dawson works as a curator in the vertebrate paleontology department at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Here she talks about her career and research she has done.

The Nobel Foundation provides a fascinating speech by O.B. Klein of the Physics Committee. Elegant, erudite, and fully explanatory of the work of Lee and Yang. His description of a physicist on another planet is very insightful. This is...

A companion site to the textbook, Earth as a Living Planet. This chapter discusses global warming and how to deal with it.