by msander | Jan 25, 2018 | All Science Teachers
Previously, scientists had been unable to clone primates, a category that includes monkeys, apes and people Source: Scientists clone monkey for first time, moving closer to prospect of human cloning
by msander | Nov 20, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
Part of why we’re so fascinated with extinct dinosaurs it’s just hard for us to believe that animals that huge actually existed. And yet, they existed! From the Jurassic to the Cretaceous Periods, creatures as tall as a five-story building were shaking the Earth....
by msander | Aug 9, 2017 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual insects on earth, outnumbering humans by more than a billion to one. So what’s their secret to...
by msander | May 11, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
You could almost say they are drop-dead gorgeous: when certain female dragonflies are pursued by unwanted suitors, they deter them by crashing to the ground Source: Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid male advances | New Scientist
by msander | Apr 23, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
The sequence of DNA that we inherit from our parents encodes directions for making our cells and giving us specific traits. Identical twins have the same DNA sequence, so how can one twin end up with a genetic disorder while the other twin does not? Robin Ball...
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