Fun Science for Kids
Without millions of science experiments going on around us every day the world we live in would be darker. Literally. Without science there would be no light bulb, no engines, no medications, no microwaves, no computers…the list could keep going.
It is everywhere around you and in everything you touch. So why not learn a little bit about it? Science Happening NOW! is your go to place to bring current science experiments into your home. We make it easy to foster the curiosity and love for questioning that builds the best and most successful scientists. Learn science with your kids. Share the mysteries that are solved every day. Join the journey and get your hands dirty with our kids science project ideas!
Will the moon really be blue tonight?!? Nope. A blue moon does not actually talk about the color of the moon, as one might suspect. It talks about the rarity of the moon. Full moons aren’t rare, and a blue moon is just a full moon. But it has one …
Divers discover a floating ball of… Recently a team of divers off the coast of Turkey came upon an unusual sight. A giant floating blob. So transparent that it looks like a ball of glass in the water. With a diameter of almost 13 feet, this was certainly a giant …
Chomping through Prey. Tyrannosaurs belong to a group of meat eating dinosaurs called theropods. Theropods ate pretty much anything with meat. Insectivores, herbivores and even other carnivores. All that meat means lots of bone. How did they chomp through bone? Teeth! They are very much in style! Tyrannosaur teeth …
One of Rosie’s First adventure was the Case of the Dark Matter Croonies, where a friend of hers wakes up with dark matter croonies hanging on to him. This causes a whole lot of headaches anything with matter starts being attracted to him. There are even a few close calls …
Seeing the Gas Giants We have had missions to the rocky planets. Venus. Mercury. Earth. Mars. They have all been landed upon. But how can we land when there is no…surface? How can we learn about the atmosphere? Both Jupiter’s or Earth’s? Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have …
Are we alone? It’s a question we long to answer. One in which we have spent billions of dollars and hundreds of years pondering. In a universe so vast, is there a place that could support life as we know it? That isn’t a small order. Such a planet would …
This newly found fossil is causing quite a stir. Can you figure out why? Here’s a hint: It looks like a snake, and it is. Kind of. It is the evolutionary cousin to the snake, a mix between a snake and a lizard. A new fossil that is teaching …
Ever wonder when your next family road trip vacation won’t involve driving? When everyone can kick back and play the games or read a book? MCity hopes to make a big step. A step towards the vision of driverless cars. It just opened up – but not for you …
Carbon dating will soon be obsolete When Archaeologists find a new fossil and want to find out how old it is what do they do? They carbon date it. But soon they won’t be able to. What is Carbon Dating? Carbon Dating looks at the amount of 14C an …