This week, we learned …
… 22,000-year-old ice cores melted not because of global warming, but because the freezer broke.

Photograph courtesy Eric Cravens, National Ice Core Lab, USGS
How do scientists extract ice cores?
… cephalopods can edit their genes on the fly.

Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic
We welcome our cephalopod overlords!
… you might improve your students’ success by teaching math in the morning and social studies in the afternoon.

Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
Use math and science skills to help explorers in real-world situations.
… we know nature makes us happier, and now science says it might make us kinder, too.

Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic
How can you connect your students to nature?
… one of North America’s oldest villages was discovered in western Canada.

Photograph by Joe Mabel, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-3.0
How are contemporary Heiltsuk schools honoring their heritage?
… distribution of PTA wealth is proving controversial.

Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
… an abandoned town hints at a nearly forgotten piece of African American history on the Great Plains. Read of the week!

Photograph by Hustvedt, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA 3.0
What other regions did the Dust Bowl impact in the U.S.?
… a lizard has scales that behave like a computer simulation.

Photograph by Arturo Nikolai, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-2.0
Is nature mimicking technology or is technology mimicking nature?
… what it takes for a product to be labeled “Made in the USA.”
Discover your global network with the Global Closet Calculator.
… geography and culture may shape Latin American and Caribbean maize.

Map by Bedoya CA, Dreisigacker S, Hearne S, Franco J, Mir C, Prasanna BM, et al. (2017) Genetic diversity and population structure of native maize populations in Latin America and the Caribbean. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0173488. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173488
Where is maize a staple crop today?