In the ’80s, a group of scientists and artists wanted to know if they could recreate Earth’s ecosystem, so they built Biosphere 2 (Earth was known as Biosphere 1) in Oracle, Ariz. The experiment was ...

Two Mankato East teachers took their experimental earth science lesson for a test flight in front of a NASA evaluator this week. Dave Burgess, a high school science and astronomy instructor, and ...

Earth Day, an occasion promoted by environmental organizations and advocates to raise awareness of conservation issues, is April 22. It’s an event that dates back to 1970. Teachers sometimes organize ...

There has historically been tension and sometimes open hostility between those scientists engaged in detailed analytic work and scientists who study phenomena at larger scales. This is unfortunate, ...