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Author Archives: agnieszka
monkey math
You add like a monkey. No, really. Recent experiments with rhesus macaques suggest that monkeys do high-speed addition in much the same way as people do. Duke University researchers Elizabeth Brannon and Jessica Cantlon tested college students’ ability to add … Continue reading
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Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
Another Max Axiom graphic novel follows Max as he helps readers understand the complexities of global warming. Published by Capstone Press. Selected by the Society of School Librarians International as a 2008 Honor Book Award Winner.
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A Journey into Adaptation with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
Another Max Axiom graphic novel, this volume follows Max on an adventure where he explains the science behind biological adaptation. Published by Capstone Press. Named a 2007 Young Adult Top Forty Nonfiction Title by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, winner … Continue reading
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Exploring Ecosystems with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
This graphic novel follows the adventures of Max Axiom, a science teacher and super-cool super-scientist, as he explains the science behind ecosystems. Published by Capstone Press. Winner of the 2008 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books from Learning Magazine, a … Continue reading
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taking the M.U.T test
You may think you like Chihuahuas dressed up in tiny outfits with matching shoes, but maybe, unconsciously, you really don’t. Maybe you hate all rhinestone-bedecked little dogs without knowing it. Thankfully, a researcher who just happens to be a large, … Continue reading
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a field guide to as-yet-unconfirmed humanlike species
With the amazing discovery of what may be a brand new member of the human family tree (see “Who Was Flo?” on page 8), scientists are beginning to wonder if there are other humanlike species left to uncover. Perhaps there’s … Continue reading
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are you a natural-born un-naturalist?
Do you have what it takes to be a savvy un-naturalist, someone who knows what all the technological bric-a-brac and industrial structures around us are, what they’re for, and why they’re there? Take this short quiz and find out exactly … Continue reading
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dark waters: the random thoughts of a blind teenage cavefish
October 14, 2005 The catfish has landed! OK, OK, I know what everybody says, that you start a blog and then all you end up blogging about is your pet, but I gotta tell ya, I just got the coolest … Continue reading
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wonder drug
Hey, it’s my favorite TV commercial! Things just weren’t right anymore. I didn’t want to admit I had a problem. It was a hangnail. It hurt. And I didn’t know where to turn. I was going to use cuticle scissors, … Continue reading
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designed by the desert?
The great pyramids of ancient Egypt remain a mystery almost 5000 years after they were constructed.They are the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only ones that still survive. But what exactly inspired the Egyptians … Continue reading
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