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Quiz – The Ocean Edition

August 12, 2011 Earth and Beyond

The place we know almost as little about as space, but equally as fascinating. Have a turn at these tonight, answers will be up tomorrow. How deep does the ocean go? What is special about black smokers? What is a dumbo octopus? Why do crayfish have blue blood? And of course, what is the photo [...]

A Little (Science) Lesson on the Side

July 9, 2009 Babies

How do we fit science in as well as everything else we have to do with our kids?

OK, so what is science?

June 18, 2009 General science

There is a huge body of science philosophy and history that addresses this question. This is not part of it. This blog is aimed at parents, not scientists and philosophers, so I’m not going to throw words like falsifiability* around too much. I’ve seen it claimed that science is on a par with religions, that [...]