Write the definition of energy on the board. (Energy is the capacity to do work.) Make a two-column chart on the board similar to the one below and have students brainstorm examples for each form of ...

Student teams analyze genetic test results for fictional characters, compare their characters' risks of developing specific diseases, and assess the risks for the next generation. Can genetic testing ...

While some biologists argue over whether living things are so complex they had to be supernaturally designed, others are taking life apart and trying to put it back together in the lab like an old ...

NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who ...

This provocative work examines whether we can slow down the aging process, looks at the latest on human hibernation, and checks in with bioengineers and a computer scientist inventing ways to keep us ...

A University of Oklahoma faculty member and graduate student recently were featured in ScienceNOW. Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma faculty member in the School of Meteorology and director of the ...