Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians get the best of both worlds, often having four digits on their...

Medical scans can produce thousands of images for a single patient in seconds, but how do doctors know what's useful? Scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools -- like virtual autopsies -- for...

Paul Andersen describes pieces of evidence that Charles Darwin used to support the idea of evolution and his process of natural selection. He begins with the following evidence use in the Origin of Species; artificial selection,...

Pupil outcome: I can make a plan for writing about bats in a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals. Key learning points: - Planning is an important part of preparing to write. - A plan helps a writer to organise their ideas,...

What the discovery of a skeleton over 2,000 years old tells us about the training techniques of ancient olympians. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. In 1959 the tomb of an ancient Olympian was discovered in Taranto, southern Italy....

RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...

SHANI ROBINSON was born and raised in Atlanta and always knew that education would play a large part of her life. With all of the influential women in her life educators, including her mother who served as an educator for 35 years,...

In this video, the teacher explains the composition and structure of bones. The video also discusses the role of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves in relation to bones, as well as the presence of marrow and spongy bone. This video is...