The best Easter science for children

The period before Easter is a good time to try many scientific activities with Eggy and Chocolate! Egg drop experiments are even more fun with a chocolate egg, and egg chain reactions are my new favorite way to keep children busy. I have made a verification list of our favorite Easter science activities for children…

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Measurement of the effects of the consumption of dietary proteins on the cytetic models of protein throughout the body

The idea that “we are what we are eaten” has been widespread for hundreds of years, and the relationship between body composition and food consumption has been investigated for a long time. The synthesis and decomposition of body protein (protein kinetics throughout the body) in response to dietary consumption has been studied for almost a…

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How glorifying ignorance leads to scientific illiteracy | By Ethan Siegel | Start with an explosion! | February 2025

As of the 1990s, North Korea began to deforest much of its lands to serve agricultural purposes. However, only a few years later, flood problems, largely related to that same act of deforestation, led to food shortages and famines. More than 30 years later, these problems continue to affect the North Korean people. (Credit: World…

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Unregulated industrial pollutants detected in a little drinking water from the United States

The US EPA regulates levels of more than 90 pollutants in public drinking water, but thousands of potentially harmful chemicals remain without health standards at the federal or state level. “This study affirms what the defenders of environmental justice have been highlighting for decades: color communities often have to drink dirtier water.” The monitoring data…

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