This week, we learned …
… troubled by the Flint water crisis, an 11-year-old girl has invented a lead-detecting device. Read of the week!

Photograph by Eugene Richards, National Geographic
What is the Flint water crisis?
… there is an atlas of the underworld. And it is awesome. Resource of the week!

Where are these ghost fragments of Earth’s crust? Use our great resource to find out.
… the same geospatial techniques used by the U.S. military are being deployed to target poachers’ criminal networks.

Photograph by National Geographic
How is National Geographic supporting the “Battle for the Elephants”?
… most Americans think their own identity groups face discrimination.

Photograph by Esther Bubley, courtesy Library of Congress
… shrews aren’t small minded—they can just shrink their brains by 30%.

Photograph by Wwalas, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-3.0
… online gamers are turning into citizen scientists to tackle a deadly crop contaminant.

Photograph by Medmyco, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-4.0
Help cultivate your own “Top Crop” with our farming game.
… living near a forest is linked to better brain health.

Photograph by Derik Pinsonneault, courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
How does biodiversity thrive in urban areas?
… scientists are inventing a vocabulary to help Inuit people talk about climate change.

Photograph by Matthieu Paley, National Geographic
Why are Inuit communities particularly impacted by climate change?
… flowers have secret blue halos that bees can see.

Photograph by Mark Moffett, National Geographic
Learn how our certified educators use flowers to pursue project-based learning!
… a 500-year-old copper disk is a navigational remnant from the Age of Exploration.

Photograph by Bates Littlehales, National Geographic
How did the astrolabe sink to the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Oman?
… how to read a scientific paper.

This is exactly how we approach scientific news in our Current Event Connection!