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Biology

Build a pinhole camera you can really get into.

by Eileen Campbell • February 15, 2017

Winter rains muddy the waters in the Bay.

What can we learn about ourselves from Neanderthal DNA?

Learn to read the results of a homemade electrophoresis device.

Run gel electrophoresis at home with a homemade chamber.

Build a power source for your own electrophoresis device.

Pour a gel and get ready to do electrophoresis.

Use electricity to separate colored dyes.

Build a chamber before you begin gel electrophoresis.

by Eileen Campbell • December 29, 2016

Read our picks for the Unsung Science stories of 2016.

Julia Child and physicist Philip Morrison once cooked up (and sampled) ...

Our team of middle school students from the Aim High program investigates ...

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