Nighttime social media use linked to well-being
Kids who wake up at night to check social media updates from their friends tend to be less happy and more tired in school and...
Science
In classrooms, fish hook students … on science
Elementary students become more interested in being scientists when their classrooms have live fish, a new study from Johns Hopkins has found. [...]Read More... from...
Global trade brings many invasive species
With global trade and transport, thousands of species have spread into regions where they weren't originally at home, and some effects are harmful. [...]Read More......
NASA makes a better map for the August eclipse
Using detailed data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA developed an accurate map of the path of totality for the US solar eclipse. [...]Read More......
West Chicago science teacher interns at Fermilab
A summer internship gives teachers of science a great professional development opportunity, which explains how some teachers spend their summers. [...]Read More... from West Chicago...
Leap second was added to the world’s clocks
Clocks added a second, a so-called leap second, to the time just before 2017 was rung in on the prime meridian of the world. [...]Read...
Risk of flood changing in many US regions
Major news over the last 12 months included destructive flooding in several states. There's a pattern, and it, like the climate, is changing. [...]Read More......
Obituary: Dr. Heimlich; invented 1st aid for choking
The man who created the most common method for dislodging a piece of food that is choking someone died today at the age of 96....
Some teen health issues linked with screen time
Watching too much TV has been linked to health problems like obesity and poor diet, but more and more, those screens are on smartphones. Same...
Mutations in ‘essential’ genes linked to autism
Mutations in those genes that are essential to life have been linked to autism in a huge review of family data in a few huge...