What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)
3 Min Read What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. What is Pi? Pi is a number. You might know it as 3.14 or the…
NASA Armstrong Director Brad Flick to Retire After 40 Years of Service
Portrait of Brad Flick Credit: NASA On Monday, NASA announced Bradley Flick, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, will retire Thursday, March 19, after a nearly…
Webb Studies Cranium Nebula
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent…
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York
NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. NASA/Jessica Meir Students in New York will hear from…
What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes
With days to go until the official first day of spring, it was a tale of two winters in the continental United States. Colorado’s mountains had record low snow levels,…
These birds listen to their parents to avoid being eaten
How do chicks learn safe bird calls from ones that mean possible imminent death? According to new research, jackdaw (two species of bird in the genus Coloeus) chicks listen to…
From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry
3 Min Read From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry Photograph of Robert Goddard and his liquid-fueled rocket, prior to its first flight on March 16,…
Florida can’t decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise
States have a surprising number of official symbols. While most people would expect them to have an official motto, seal, and flag, there can also be a state beverage, muffin,…
From chirps to ‘hellos’: Why some birds talk like people
In 1995, a California parakeet earned the Guinness World Record for having the largest human vocabulary among birds. “Puck the Budgie” had learned an astounding 1,728 words before passing away…
Wild bobcat making remarkable recovery after getting hit by car
In February, Tracie Young, director of the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Pennsylvania, received an unforgettable phone call. A game warden asked if the center in southeastern Pennsylvania had room…