Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered what kind of star our sun is? Or wondered if all the stars in the sky were the same? The truth is that stars do have a classification system. After all, you wouldn’t say that our sun is the same as Polaris, the North Star. Every visible star in the night sky has been categorized. People have been classifying stars since the beginning of time based on the way they look or how bright they are. As science became more advanced, the classification system has advanced, too. In 1901, astronomer [...]

Imagine the power of a video that not only captures the essence of a scientific concept but also brings it to life. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge invites students between the ages of thirteen to eighteen from all around the world to create a two-minute video that creatively explains scientific concepts. Past winners have tackled diverse topics, from neutrino astronomy to Van Der Waals forces. To take part in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, create a short video (2:00 – two minutes max) to explain a big idea in one of these fields:PhysicsMathematicsLife Sciences By participating in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, you [...]

A stroke happens in America every 40 seconds, and someone dies of it every four minutes! In the United States, every year, the month of May is observed as the National Stroke Awareness Month. This is to create public awareness about stroke risk factors and to lessen the occurrence of strokes in the U.S. Many people think a stroke happens in the heart, but it happens in the brain. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the [...]