SAN DIEGO — Baseballs used during the 2019 regular season had less drag on average, contributing to a power surge that resulted in a record number of home runs, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball and released by the league Wednesday. The report produced by a committee...
Science Says: How Daylight Saving Time Affects Health
Office workers bemoan driving home in the dark. Night owls relish the chance to sleep in. As clocks tick toward the end of daylight saving time, many sleep scientists and circadian biologists are pushing for a permanent ban because of potential ill effects on human health. Losing an hour of...
6 Months Later, Gene-Edited Babies Stir New Interest, Debate
Six months after a Chinese scientist was widely scorned for helping to make the world's first gene-edited babies, he remains out of public view, and new information suggests that others may be interested in pursuing the same kind of work outside the United States. A fertility clinic in the United...
Teachers Look Online for Climate Change Info, Find Propaganda
When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she'd never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit's hole of misinformation: Many resources presented online as educational material were actually junk. "It is a pretty scary topic to take on," said Allen, a teacher at...
San Joaquin Memorial To Build $5 Million STEAM Center in 2019
San Joaquin Memorial High School will break ground next year on a new, state-of-the-art STEAM center. The new 10,000 square-foot center is slated to open in the 2020-2021 school year on the north side of the school's science building, said Kenyeih Williams, the director of advancement at SJM. "It will serve as...
Who Are the High School Science Stars? Immigrant Children.
A study from the National Foundation for American Policy indicates that 83% (33 of 40) of the finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants. The competition organized each year by the Society for Science & the Public is the top science competition for U.S. high...
What Is the Hidden Superpower in 'Black Panther'?
I’m not the first to say that the upcoming Marvel movie “Black Panther” will be an important landmark. Finally a feature film starring a black superhero character will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – a successful run of intertwined movies that began with “Iron Man” in 2008. While...
What Is the Hidden Superpower in 'Black Panther'?
I’m not the first to say that the upcoming Marvel movie “Black Panther” will be an important landmark. Finally a feature film starring a black superhero character will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – a successful run of intertwined movies that began with “Iron Man” in 2008. While...