Monsoon Season
Source: National Park Service
Read about what monsoons are, where they occur, and what you can do to stay safe during the season.
Science & Nature
Biography of Tenzing Norgay, First Man to Conquer Mt Everest
Source: ThoughtCo
Read about the first Sherpa to conquer the historic climb.
How Dogs and Humans Evolved and Migrated in Tandem
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Read about how dogs, human’s best friends, influenced human evolution and vice versa.
10 of the Smartest Animals on Earth
Source: Treehugger
Don’t underestimate squirrels and ducks when it comes to intelligence. Click here to read more.
COVID-19 Has Resurrected Single-Use Plastics—Are They Back to Stay?
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Measures to safeguard public health during the coronavirus pandemic might jeopardize hard-won environmental protections against waste from single-use plastics. Read this article to find out more.
Matthew Henson, the Arctic Explorer Who Stood on Top of the World
Source: Mental Floss
Read about the controversy surrounding Matthew Henson’s claim as the first person to reach the North Pole.
Global Climate Change Interactive Features
Source: NASA
Fly along NASA satellites, go backwards and forwards in time, and so much more using these climate change interactive features available from NASA.
The Benefits of Digging in the Dirt
Source: Live Science
In this article, Laura Wright Treadway, environmentalist and mom, talks about the importance of playing—and learning—outdoors.
Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear
Source: The New York Times
Do you know the difference between fearing something and worrying about it? How do things that probably won’t do us any harm come to symbolize threats? This commentary from Joseph LeDoux, the director of the Emotional Brain Institute and a professor of neural science, describes the problems that arise when fear turns to anxiety.
Why Teens Ignore Risk For a Little Reward
Source: Futurity
Researchers study dopamine levels in adolescents to understand why they take many risks.