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January 28, 2013 9:50 AM
Did you get the flu shot? This year's flu season started early and with a vengeance. How effective is the vaccine against the influenza making the rounds? Using an online bioinformatics tool, students can analyze flu data from previous years and make their own predictions.
Image: BigstockFlu season data offers students the chance to use bionformatics tools like BLAST.This year's flu season is proving to be one of the worst in the last decade. Outbreak of the flu has been reported in most…
January 14, 2013 11:00 AM
Parts of California play host each year to migrating masses of monarch butterflies that pass a number of months in protected groves, inspiring and astounding naturalists of all ages. The science behind butterfly migration is especially fascinating when you take into account that most butterflies live less than two months!
Image: Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
Yearly butterfly migration provides opportunity for a…
January 9, 2013 10:39 AM
Try this quick and easy way to introduce kids to chemical reactions and polymers. One Science Buddies mom even used it for spur-of-the moment entertainment at a slumber party!
Simple household kitchen ingredients and materials let one science mom create a spur-of-the-moment science exploration for a group of early risers at a slumber party.
The kitchen chemistry science activity this mom did involves polymers. For another family science investigation of polymers, see "Putty Science:…
January 3, 2013 4:30 PM
As the 2013 science fair season gets underway, get inspired by what's possible for student science—and science at home—with a recap of last year's posts about science projects, science news, and family science.
The New Year is underway, and even during the semester break, many students are working with zest, determination, and curiosity on their science fair projects. As we welcome in 2013 and the coming months of the science fair season, here is a brief look back at a few of our…
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