At Twitter, Ben Lillie has been collecting Science Sparks — the first experiences with science or some science-related thing that made people connect emotionally with nature, space, math, and wonder. He's collected them into a Storify that's worth reading, especially if (like me) you're thinking about ways to get kids engaged with science. My Science Spark: It's a toss-up between the epic multi-habitat diorama at the University of Kansas' Dyche Museum of Natural History (a place I visited so frequently as a child that I almost feel more of a connection to it than to any house I lived in) and the adorably illustrated adventures of Louis Pasteur and Marie Curie from the ValueTales book series.
What was the first experience that made you love science?
Scientists discover that "fluorescence is very common in mammals"
Researchers Kenny Travouillon (Western Australian Museum), Christine Cooper (Curtin University), Jemmy Bouzin (Curtin University), Linette Umbrello (Queensland University of Technology), and Simon Lewis (Curtin Univesrity) recently published an article entitled… READ THE REST
Everything you think you know about the tides is wrong (or, at least that's true for me)
My mind was blown by this simple video from Neil DeGrasse Tyson about the ocean's tides. I thought that the tides were created when the Moon pulled the ocean toward… READ THE REST
How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed?
I was reading Wikipedia's fascinating "Timeline of the Far Future" article, which is full of mind-warping events that will occur in the next 100 years and beyond. You might think… READ THE REST
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