Watch a bald eagle family in its nest Decorah, Iowa, via Explore Live Nature Cams on YouTube. IRA FLATOW: This is Science Friday. I’m Ira Flatow, coming to you today from Iowa Public Radio in Ames, ...

Students observe the wavelength of light at which different compounds burn during a Sept. 19, 2024, science lab at the College Community School District’s Prairie Ninth Grade Center in Cedar Rapids.

AMES, Iowa – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is honoring five Iowa State University researchers for their individual contributions to physics, agriculture, chemistry and ...

More than 100 people gathered at the Iowa City Pentacrest on Friday to "Stand Up for Science" amid uncertainty surrounding federal research grants and possible funding cuts. The rally brought ...

AMES, Iowa – It was spring break week at Grundy Center Middle School. And yet there were 15 or so students in Heather Gutknecht’s science classroom for a few hours each and every weekday afternoon.

Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers. Iowa City’s annual Darwin Day ...

We climate science experts at the University of Iowa strongly advise Iowa’s Department of Education to maintain its existing educational standards on climate change. Climate change and human influence ...

Second grade teacher Melissa Cahalan works with second-graders Da’Neyah Boothe (right) and Stella Meyers (center) Sept. 14 on an exercise with BeeBots -- robots used as a teaching tool in computer ...

WEEK. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, SOME IOWANS ARE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT NEW PROPOSED STATE SCIENCE STANDARDS. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PROPOSAL WOULD REMOVE THE PHRASE CLIMATE ...

TIS THE SEASON. TODD. THANK YOU. NEW AT FOUR IOWA SCHOOLS. COULD SOON HAVE NEW STANDARDS FOR THEIR K THROUGH 12 SCIENCE CLASSES. THE REVISED STANDARDS GO BEFORE THE IOWA BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ...