Science stories

Science and technology on fast forward

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • physics

Format: single page

White woman in lab coat holding fossil in gloved hand

Ancient bones, modern problems: One scientist’s trash is another scientist’s data

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: multipage

small, ridged, cocoon-shaped fossil next to a ruler

Discovering a strange new group of ancient sea creatures

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

person wearing army fatigues inserting acupuncture needles into someone's back

A pointed question: Can science study acupuncture?

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • pseudoscience

Format: single page

sketches of trilobite fossils

Piecing together fossil puzzles in a mysterious museum cabinet

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

A collage that include sample cores with a map of Baja California highlighting the Guaymas Basin

Questions built on sand

Topics:
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

white woman in high collared blouse

The science checklist applied: Studying variable stars

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • astronomy

Format: single page

Woman with dark hair looking through a microscope

The structure of DNA: Cooperation and competition

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: multipage

swirling, colorful picture of deep space

Luminous

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • The iterative process of science
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • astronomy

Format: video

Fair tests: A do-it-yourself guide

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
  • Thinking scientifically every day
Disciplines:

Format: single page

Bill Berry and the construction of geologic time

Topics:
  • Testing scientific ideas
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Large ship sailing near a buoy

How science works

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
  • The iterative process of science
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: video

white woman with long brown hair

The importance of global museum communities and collections

Topics:
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Predicting insects’ response to climate change

Topics:
  • Benefits of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Asian woman wearing hat and bright yellow vest holds a handful of rocks to the camera

Finding community among fossils

Topics:
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

two models of atomic structure: one with atoms circling the nucleus in all directions and one where each atom occupies a distinct orbital

A science prototype: Rutherford and the atom

Topics:
  • What is and is not science
Disciplines:
  • physics

Format: multipage

From Caribbean girl to California geologist

Topics:
  • Science as a human endeavor
Disciplines:
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Two white men in suits talk near old fashioned chemistry equipment

Cold fusion: A case study for scientific behavior

Topics:
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • chemistry
  • physics

Format: multipage

Life size sculptures of mastodons are posed at the Lake Pit of the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

50,000 years of Los Angeles summers?

Topics:
  • The iterative process of science
Disciplines:
  • biology
  • Earth science

Format: single page

Fossil insects take to social media

Topics:
  • The social side of science
Disciplines:
  • biology

Format: single page

View all Science Stories

Top teaching resources

How Science Works interactive

How Science Works interactive

Correcting misconceptions

a cartoon depicting a man jumping out of a plane stating: I'm not deploying this parachute until scientists get more certain about this gravity stuff.
Correcting misconceptions

Infographics and teaching tools

A graphic showing a list of questions to evaluate scientific messages.
Infographics and teaching tools

Search the teaching resource database

Search the teaching resource database