Citizen Science is when members of the public get involved with scientific research by designing experiments and collecting, sorting and analysing information. It’s about giving everyone an opportunity to be involved in science! Citizen science projects can be anything from monitoring butterfly and bee populations to spotting cancer cells in images. You might also hear citizen science referred to as crowdsourced science. Why should you get involved? Citizen Science is a great opportunity to get involved in large collaborative projects and really make a difference to the future of our world. Imagine if your contribution became part of a huge scientific development! The use of apps and games make being a citizen scientist easy to add into your usual activities...
Photography by Brittany Ambridge. Reading up on Domino’s shopping guides is like having your own personal product concierge. We do the tedious part—deep-dive research, hands-on testing, and tapping experts for advice—so all you have to do is hit ‘add to cart.’ That’s why we call them Simply the Best. It seems like every celebrity is launching a mattress collaboration these days—from tennis star Venus Williams, who teamed up with GhostBed to create a crash pad focused on muscle recovery, to designer Nate Berkus, who’s latest drop with Beautyrest provides a versatile fit for all sleepers. This is to say: There’s a lot out there between the classics, big box brands, and DTC, and always more options than time. But, upgrading...
The animal kingdom contains so much more than just iconic lions, lone wolves, and our beloved silly cats. Planet Earth is home to millions of different species that make us excited and immediately inspire us to learn everything about them. But while charismatic and cuddly creatures get all the hype, some critters are unfortunate enough to have a bad rep as dangerous, frightening, or even disgusting. So let's balance out the scales a little bit, shall we? Some nature enthusiasts pay attention to these underappreciated rarities and are ready to share their discoveries with everyone online. So when user sqnyq reached out to Ask Reddit with a very fine question, "Which animal do you think deserves more love and recognition...
Click here to read 39 Ways for Kids to Beat the Heat with Ice & Water Activities on Hands On As We Grow® Get set to beat the heat this summer with these 39 super cool water activities for kids! Water activities for kids are always a hit for summer! Add in some cool ice activities and you’re bound to have a super cool summer! Whether you’ve got a water bug in your family or an artist on your hands, there’s a lot of exciting ways to keep cool in this scorching hot heat! Plus some yummy icy cool treats to make with the kids to stay cool! 39 Ways for Kids to Beat the Heat Getting wet is a fun way...
While we celebrate queer literature and history all year long at Lit Hub dot com, we also love a good book list. This year, in honor of Pride, we reached out to some of our favorite librarians, booksellers, and authors and asked them about the queer books they find themselves recommending over and over again—the ones that no library would be complete without, book bans be damned. (We also added a few of our favorites because we can’t help ourselves.) The resulting list of 111 books—categorized by classics, contemporary, nonfiction, poetry, YA, and children’s—is by no exhaustive (we’re not that good). But it is joyful, varied, and personal, the virtual equivalent of dropping into a bookstore and asking the coolest...
