Storks: The Bird and the Myth
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is Stefan Oemisch, obtained from Wikimedia commons. Storks are long. Long-legged,...
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Sara Thompson
- May 15
- 3 min
Elizabeth Blackwell – The Doctor Was In
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in...
Sara Thompson
- May 5
- 3 min
Mountains of Fire
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is Lyn Topinka, from Wikimedia Commons. The word ‘volcano’ comes from ‘Vulcan’...
Sara Thompson
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Help All Species on Earth Day
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Photo by Ashley Spratt, US Fish and Wildlife Service, obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Earth...
Sara Thompson
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Helping the Environment with Rachel Carson
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Rachel...
Sara Thompson
- Apr 6
- 3 min
Any Way You Crack It
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is Isabelle Hurbain-Palatin, obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Chicken eggs are a...
Sara Thompson
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Turn Copper Pennies Green
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is steamsational.com. St. Patrick’s Day might be over, but we can keep the green...
Sara Thompson
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Where Big, Beautiful Bison Roam
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit: Yellowstone National Park, obtained from Wikimedia Commons The American bison is...
Sara Thompson
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Racing Ahead with Tilly Shilling
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit: The Royal Air Force, obtained from Wikimedia Commons Beatrice (Tilly) Shilling...
Sara Thompson
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Nanotechnology for the Future
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is User Sureshbup, from Wikimedia Commons Nanotechnology was first introduced in...
Sara Thompson
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Sweet Science for Leftover Candy
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Image credit is User Parnote, obtained from Wikimedia Commons Valentine’s Day has recently...
Sara Thompson
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Getting to Know Groundhogs
By Sara Thompson Photo is by Simon Pierre Barrette Special to the Enterprise Groundhogs are common in much of Canada, the eastern United...
Sara Thompson
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Dinosaurs in the Desert
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise The Gobi Desert is a hot, rocky, and unforgiving landscape, but it was not always that way....
Sara Thompson
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Experiment with Melting Ice
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Winter is still upon us and with it an icy science experiment that can be done at home. Ice is...
Sara Thompson
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Dive into the Subnivean Zone
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Have you ever watched a fox jump and dive headfirst into the snow? It can be an amusing sight,...
Sara Thompson
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Flying High with Bessie Coleman
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Bessie Coleman was born in January 1892 in Texas. She was the tenth of thirteen children in...
Sara Thompson
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Webb Telescope Just Getting Started
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Named for the second NASA administrator, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched...
Sara Thompson
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Thanks to Our 2022 Volunteers
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Celebrating 40 Years of Science! We were excited to open our latest exhibit “Explorit Rocks!”...
Sara Thompson
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Salty Winter Experiments
By Sara Thompson Special to Enterprise Image by Sarah McClelland If you need some fun activities to entertain children during school...
Sara Thompson
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Gliding Along on a Cutting Edge
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Ice skates were developed around 5000 years ago in Finland and were made from animal bones....
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