Microraptors’ Last Meals Hold Key to Dinosaur Diet
By studying Microraptors’ last meals, paleontologists have discovered new clues about Cretaceous ecosystems.
Continue ReadingBy studying Microraptors’ last meals, paleontologists have discovered new clues about Cretaceous ecosystems.
Continue ReadingKing Alfred of the Anglo-Saxons is known as “The Great.” What did he do to earn this title, and did he really deserve it?
Continue ReadingBessie Coleman was the first African American woman to get her pilot’s license. Learn more about how this young flying ace made Black history.
Continue ReadingThe Moon and Earth are close neighbors, but they look very different. Why isn’t the Earth cratered like the Moon? There are five main reasons, many of which are interconnected.
Continue ReadingA couple years ago, I wrote an article about how scientists were using the scientific method (yes, the one you learned about in school) in order to study the Enceladus ice plumes, which were discovered when Cassini was doing its fly-bys of several of Saturn’s moons. Well, they are still at it, and learning even more about this fascinating place in our solar system.
Continue ReadingThings aren’t looking great for Margaret Beaufort and her new baby Henry Tudor, as seen in the last installment of this series following a young noblewoman on her path through the politics of medieval England. Find out what happens in this last installment of “Margaret Beaufort: The Pain, Piety, and Politics of a Medieval Mother.”
Continue ReadingWhen last we left Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the Tudor dynasty in late medieval England, she was seven years old and had just been married to John de la Pole as a political pawn. This was typical for wealthy, landed gentry of the time. It gave the woman (or child, in this case) security […]
Continue ReadingWhat is NASA’s DART asteroid mission, and how will it protect us from near-Earth objects?
Continue ReadingHow did Margaret Beaufort go from daughter of a tainted family to mother of a king? Find out in the first of a three-part series!
Continue ReadingThe same thing that keeps Earth in orbit around the Sun can help us detect black holes: gravity. And that’s just how astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope found a small black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a next door neighbor galaxy to our own.
Continue ReadingLet’s take a deeper look at the various roles and identities of two European women in the Middle Ages to dispel some fact from fiction.
Continue ReadingWhat were some of the cultural impacts of women and bicycles at the time? That’s the subject of this concluding part of Melanie’s series. Be sure to read parts one and two of the series as well!
Continue ReadingBicycles were a big deal for women in the 1890s, but why? Was it just a fashion statement, or did it really give women a sense of freedom and emancipation from standard gender roles? In part two of my series, I will show how bicycles became more useful to women at the time, why they rode them, and what stood in their way.
Continue ReadingThis post is the first in my new series about women and bicycles at the turn of the twentieth century. The 1890s saw what was called a “bicycle craze” among women. What was this about? Why women, and why then? Was the bicycle movement just fashion, or did it really lead to more freedom for women? I’m hoping this series will not only answer these questions, but pique people’s interest to learn more.
Continue ReadingSince the dawn of space programs around the world, space junk has been steadily increasing. Find out why this is a problem.
Continue ReadingNASA had very clear mission objectives for Mars Perserverance. How did they find a site that fulfilled all of them?
Continue ReadingScientists have found possible signs of ancient life at the Mars Perseverance landing site! What does this mean? Read on!
Continue ReadingThere is more to Mercury than meets the eye, and its secret lies in its magnetic field.
Continue ReadingArchaeology from space? How can a subject we think of as very hands-on be done from thousands of miles away?
Continue ReadingWhy is the sky blue? Teachers and parents don’t always have answers, but science whiz Melanie Meadors explains in a way even the most non-sciencey of people can understand!
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