SESA teaches Unity pupils the scientific method

LIMA — Science Enhancement for Science Advancement hosted its first science experiment of the 2026-27 school year at Unity Elementary School on Friday afternoon. In two sessions, Rachel Smith, SESA’s ...

This Weird Toad Drove a Brilliant Scientist to His Death. What If He Was Framed?

Austrian biologist Paul Kammerer conducted groundbreaking experiments on inheritance of acquired characteristics before his ...
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A secret Cold War test on San Francisco exposed millions to bacteria

"The scientific method gone mad - Dr. Strangelove, but it is not fiction." ...

My long weekend was ruined by the rain —but wait, is that really true?

The 'Before You Call It a Conspiracy Theory' SeriesThe current state of weather modification technology, from cloud seeding ...

Australian scientists started a forest experiment but forgot about it. The trees kept growing; 30 years later, researchers were shocked by the results

A decades-old forest experiment in Victoria, Australia, was largely forgotten after funding cuts ended its main monitoring. When researchers returned about 30 years later, they found that different ...

Why are baked sweet potatoes so sweet? — The science of sweet potato 'deliciousness'

Sweet sweet potatoes' are not sweet from the startBaked sweet potatoes are something you want to eat when autumn arrives. The sweet aroma that spreads the moment you break one open and the sticky ...
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In 1992 a container ship lost 28,800 plastic bath toys in the North Pacific, and an oceanographer spent the next two decades logging where the ducks washed up, fro…

One container off the Ever Laurel held 28,800 plastic bath toys with a known release date and position — an unfunded drift ...
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Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?

As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly ...

Snow, monsoons and oceans shift Earth's center of mass each year, satellite tracking shows

Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet's center of mass back and forth by fractions of ...
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A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like ...
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New Research Shows Music May Rewire How the Brain Feels Pain

A scientific review of 57 studies finds that music may do more than distract from pain; it might change the way the brain ...

What Sort Of Entertaining Damage Happens When You Replace Engine Oil With WD-40?

What happens when you take a beater and replace its engine oil with WD-40? No need to speculate when you can watch a Ford Probe burst into massive flames.