Posted: March 21, 2018

Question Your World: Can the Platypus Help Save Lives?

For scientists, the scope of discovery can range anywhere from the totally straightforward to the totally weird. And if we're exploring the world of the weird, one animal seems to come up quite a bit: the duck-billed platypus.

Question Your World: Can the Platypus Help Save Lives?
Posted: December 6, 2017

What Do Women Scientists, Conditioning Techniques, and Rats Have in Common?

Training Norway rats to play basketball is pretty hard. But what might be more difficult is deciding what to name the seven new rat basketball trainees at the Museum!

What Do Women Scientists, Conditioning Techniques, and Rats Have in Common?
Posted: November 9, 2017

Question Your World: What Are the Stranger Things in Science?

According to the Neilson ratings, in the first three days of November, 15.8 million people watched the first episode of the Netflix original Stranger Things! Fictional shows are all well and good, but the science world has some pretty strange facts to offer as well.

Question Your World: What Are the Stranger Things in Science?
Posted: May 31, 2017

Question Your World: Could Finding Dory Impact Marine Life?

The film franchise that started in 2003 with Finding Nemo has made a pretty big impact in the worlds of family entertainment and marine ecosystems.

Question Your World: Could Finding Dory Impact Marine Life?
Posted: May 31, 2017

Question Your World: Why Are Bees an Endangered Species?

The rusty patched bumblebee has officially been designated as an endangered species. Let’s see what’s putting the sting on our bees.

Question Your World: Why Are Bees an Endangered Species?