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Ask a Science Teacher with Jill Jensen

Ask a Science Teacher with Jill Jensen

Jill Jensen is the president of the Minnesota Science Teachers Association, as well as a seventh grade life science teacher at Scott Highlands Middle School in Apple Valley.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Spiders show signs of REM-like activity, raising the question: Do they dream?

Spiders show signs of REM-like activity, raising the question: Do they dream?

A team of researchers filmed jumping spiders overnight and observed behaviors that mirror rapid eye movement sleep in other species. It helps that baby jumping spiders have translucent exoskeletons.
by Kai McNamee

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Mosquitoes surprise researcher with their 'weird' sense of smell

Mosquitoes surprise researcher with their 'weird' sense of smell

That's how neuroscientist Meg Younger describes her team's findings about how skeeters hone in on human aromas. And that could lead to better ways to keep us bite-free.
by Ari Daniel

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Checking honeybee health by testing honey DNA

Checking honeybee health by testing honey DNA

Commercial and hobby beekeepers lose many bee colonies to disease every year. A Fargo researcher is developing a way to provide an early warning of disease by testing DNA in honey.
by Dan Gunderson

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These photos are shedding new light on how fireflies interact with the world

These photos are shedding new light on how fireflies interact with the world

In the summer, from dusk until the moon rises, photographer Pete Mauney finds his photos' subjects along quiet stretches of highway, in hidden pockets of woods and under power lines.
by Lara Pellegrinelli and Tanishka R.

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The last time to catch a supermoon this year is approaching

The last time to catch a supermoon this year is approaching

Supermoons in general appear 17 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA.
by Ayana Archie

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