When Girls Didn't "Do" Science: Mamie Moy
Mamie Wong Moy discusses a time during her education when girls didn't "do" science. She also tells of a science teacher who encouraged her to be curious about the sciences and, ultimately, inspired Mamie to pursue a career in chemistry.
Silent Spring's 50th Anniversary
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's work "Silent Spring"
Chemical & Material Physics Graduate Student, Desiré Whitmore
UC Irvine student talks about her dream job and passion for physics
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers: Marine Biologist
Ayana Johnson tells us what it’s like to be a marine biologist
A Bird Of Paradise
The bird that never lands? Field Museum curator, John Bates, tells the story of this beautiful bird
Science Behind The News: Opinion Polls And Random Sampling
Explaining the science of random sampling and why it's possible to query a few hundred or thousand people to accurately determine the opinions of the general public
Cabinet Of Wonders
A cabinet filled with lost specimens from Alfred Russel Wallace's personal collection is rediscovered
Chance Discoveries: Post-It Notes
A scientist at 3M takes note of a weak adhesive with special characteristics
The Sustainability Of Chocolate
Humans eat a lot of chocolate... the cacao plant is in trouble!
The Science Of Generosity
The Science of Generosity initiative aims to bring together diverse approaches in order to create a field for the study of generosity in all its forms.
Climate Detective Travels The World Gathering Clues For A Sustainable Future
Sheri Fritz is a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and she travels the world gathering clues to the history of the world's climate in an effort to help us toward a sustainable future
Engineering Safer Drinking Water In Africa
Community outreach helps technology solve water problems in Africa
Preparing For Extremes: Field Work In Antarctica
Find out what scientists have to do to prepare for research in one of the world’s most hostile environments
Generation X Report: How Young Americans React To Influenza Epidemics
Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X.
Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Chemist
Jon Wilker shows us some of his latest chemistry projects and what his typical day is like inside and outside the lab.
Chalk Talk: Tragedy of the Commons Part 2
What happens when many people seek to share the same, limited resource? Click here to learn more about the tragedy of the commons.
Chalk Talk: Tragedy of the Commons Part 1
What happens when many people seek to share the same, limited resource? Click here to learn more about the tragedy of the commons.
Dear Benjamin Walsh
Charles Darwin was a prolific writer and Benjamin D. Walsh, Illinois' first entomologist, was one of his American correspondents.
Excavating Tools And Trinkets Of The World's First Cities
Previously unexcavated site reveals clues about world's first cities
Science Explains Ancient Copper Artifacts
Researchers reveal how prehistoric Native Americans of Cahokia made copper artifacts
