Discover Horseshoe Crabs: A Free Five-Day Elementary Science Unit Plan

Horseshoe crabs have roamed Earth's oceans for hundreds of millions of years, and their secrets go far deeper than a ...

The evolutionary pressure behind sexual asymmetry revealed in yeast cell study

A major transition in evolution is the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction in early organisms. But why would a yeast ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Say They’ve Made Cells That Feed, Grow and Reproduce, Bringing Them One Step Closer to Building Life From Scratch

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here’s How the Cells Don’t Become a Tangled Mess

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...
YouTube Blog

We’re partnering with Mark Rober to bring hands-on science to classrooms everywhere

YouTube is partnering with Mark Rober and the NSTA to launch Class CrunchLabs, a free science curriculum featuring hands-on ...
The New Yorker

What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway?

The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.
Indiatimes

'Every child deserves this': Former NASA engineer Mark Rober spends $60 million on free science education for children

Before becoming a YouTube sensation with millions of followers, Mark Rober spent nearly a decade working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During his time there, he contributed to several projects, ...
ABC15 Arizona

How to get FREE swimming lessons for adults and children around the Valley

PHOENIX — Salt River Project and local aquatic centers Valleywide are partnering to provide thousands of free swimming lessons. Ten aquatic centers, listed below, will be offering the lessons to ...
CBC.ca

City of Surrey aims to launch free introductory swim lessons for kids by July 1

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Parents and children ...
CBC.ca

Vancouver council backs free swimming lessons for beginners

Vancouver city council unanimously backed a proposal to make the first three levels of swimming lessons free for residents. Mayor Ken Sim's motion directs city staff to work with the Vancouver Park ...
Redding Record Searchlight

Redding planetarium hosts free family-friendly science festival

The Shasta County Office of Education and the Friends of the Schreder Planetarium are hosting a free family-friendly science festival to celebrate 101 years of planetariums worldwide. The festival is ...
Ars Technica

Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

Websites for some of the world’s most prestigious universities are serving explicit porn and malicious content after scammers exploited the shoddy record-keeping of the site administrators, a ...