The new results from the Nation’s Report Card show that only 29% of eighth graders are proficient in science, down from 33% ...

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were able to observe ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in ...

Discoveries that prove aliens have visited Earth The persistent human fascination with extraterrestrial life and the ...

Hurricane season in 2025 has been surprisingly mild, and that, in part, is due to this strange phenomenon involving dust and the Sahara Desert.

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Bizarre NASA discoveries that we’re not allowed to talk about (but we will) Space exploration consistently reveals phenomena ...

I was terrified, to be very honest, when my district switched to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and I had to begin using phenomena-based instruction. If you look at the standards, ...

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 was a pandemic. That announcement shuttered school buildings and launched millions of students ...

Even though valley fever is not caused by dust storms, the storms still come with a plethora of health risks. Health issues like asthma and other respiratory diseases can worsen from the inhalation of ...

In his sci-fi film Inception (2010), Christophe Nolan imagined his protagonist slipping into other people’s dreams and even shaping their contents. But what if this story wasn’t so far away from real ...