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December 28, 2016
2016 Year in Science
As 2016 comes to a close, here’s a selection of six significant science stories (by no means a complete list) for the year: Gravitational Waves Detected Arguably the biggest science story of the year is the announcement...
November 10, 2016
Image of the Week: Roosevelt and Muir at Yosemite
In this image from the United States Library of Congress, Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir (right), founder of the Sierra Club, stand atop Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. In the background are...
November 3, 2016
Image of the Week: Evelyn Tilden at Work (or Play)
The National Institute of Health captioned this photo, “Evelyn Butler Tilden poses with the one constant in her life—a microscope.” From her early work with Dr. Hideyo Noguchi in 1916 to her role as head of...
October 27, 2016
Video of the Week: Not So Drowsy Grizzly
John J. Craighead, who, along with his twin brother Frank, was an early environmental advocate, passed away in September 2016. The Craighead brothers worked tirelessly to highlight the conditions of the nation’s natural areas. In fact, their...
October 18, 2016
9th Imagine Science Film Festival
In a world where movies about scientific theory are as popular as those about aliens and sharks, the Imagine Science Films is bridging the divide between art and science via film. Well, maybe these films aren’t as...
October 6, 2016
Video of the Week: Feynman Lecture
Richard Feynman, the great physicist and popularizer of science, delivered a series of lectures at Cornell University in November, 1964. Called “Messenger Lectures,” these talks were given by high-profile scholars on the broad topic of the...
September 29, 2016
Image of the Week: Krummholz Tree Growth
If you’ve ever hiked up a mountain to the tree line or explored the subarctic regions of the world, you’ve likely seen trees with serious deformations. Some trees are stunted, gnarled masses of branches close to...
July 4, 2016
New Visionlearning Design Launched
We’re excited to announce the launch of a redesigned Visionlearning site. It has a fresh look, but with the same excellent content for teaching and learning science. One new feature you’ll see on the site are...
January 25, 2016
A natural beauty: American geoheritage
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) recently announced that the 2016 Earth Science Week theme is “Our Shared Geoheritage.” A somewhat new term for American ears, geoheritage is defined as … the collection of natural wonders, landforms,...
December 30, 2015
Selected Science of 2015
With 2015 coming to a close, here’s a selection (and by no means a complete list) of some of the significant science stories of the year: Homo naledi expands the Homo genus As Prof. Nathan H. Lents wrote...
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