This week, we learned …
… the oldest stories in the world are true.

Photograph by Amy Toensing, National Geographic
The oldest stories in the world also helped map it—find out how.
… the Underground Railroad ran south as well as north.

Map by National Geographic
Use our activity to introduce the Underground Railroad to primary students.
… why scientists use pasta to explain neutron stars, some of the most bizarre objects in the universe. Gnocch-idding.

Photograph by Tamorlan, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-3.0
How do scientists study neutron stars?
… how climate change is unraveling the Antarctic ecosystem.

Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic
What does our explorer, Enric Sala, think of the Antarctic ocean basin?
… how citizen science is transforming research.

Photograph by Sylvia Earle, National Geographic
Find some citizen science projects for your students.
… the ephemeral history of fabric, and the women who weave it.

Photograph courtesy of UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Not all fabric is ephemeral—learn more about the world’s oldest dress.
… the truth about “hexing herbs.”

Illustration by Martin le France, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
… some butterflies hear with their wings.

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic
… there’s a database of paper airplanes with easy-to-follow folding instructions.

Use our paper airplane activity to introduce the forces of flight to students.
… the most violent eruption in recorded history may have taken place hundreds of years later than we thought.

Photograph by Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
… just in time for the holidays, how the geography of stores gets you to buy more.
How do companies market to your brain?
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