Grades 5-8 - History and Nature of Science

  • India’s Red Rain: Aliens or Hype?

    Did red rain in India carry alien bacteria? One Indian scientist thinks so. Others say it was just spores of a common alga. Pay your money, take your choice!


    Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
  • Cloning Fraud: How’d it Happen?

    Korean scientist pulled off the biggest scientific fraud in memory. How did he do it? How is science supposed to prevent fraud? Why did it matter, and who loses out?


    Friday, January 13th, 2006
  • Why Files Rockin’ New Year

    A new year is a chance to bring sanity to our medical, scientific and environmental disasters. Here’s our wish-list for a better New Year!


    Friday, December 30th, 2005
  • Bookin’ science: Best of the batch.

    If (gasp!) the subject is too big for a Whyfile, hit the books. Here, we review four great science books, on evolution, environment, fighting nature, and discovering motherly love.


    Thursday, October 6th, 2005
  • Forensic Anthropology

    This Why File surveys the latest in forensic anthropology, with a visit to the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, AKA The Body Farm.


    Tuesday, December 16th, 2003
  • Biological Weapons: Too Tricky to Use?

    Will terrorists use biological weapons? How have bio-weapons been used in the past?


    Thursday, October 4th, 2001
  • Space Travel: How Healthy?

    What are the medical and psychological costs of long-term space travel? Radiation, isolation, osteoporosis: Sounds like a real picnic to us! Intrigued? You could always overwinter in the Antarctic…


    Tuesday, December 26th, 2000
  • Letter from Archimedes: Math-Man Speaks!

    Ancient mathematician’s writing found, restored, after 22 centuries!


    Monday, July 24th, 2000
  • MAD Science! Have a Laugh on Us…

    A MAD look at science. Science fair projects we’d like to see, weird wonk words, and creative uses for radioactive waste.


    Thursday, March 30th, 2000
  • Genetically Engineered Food

    How safe is genetically modified food? Was this test a legitimate study, or was its conclusion based on faulty methods?


    Thursday, October 28th, 1999


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