An astronaut floats above Earth.

‘Journey to Space’ Exhibition Touches Down at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Nov. 2

October 21, 2024

[RALEIGH, N.C.] — Do you have what it takes … to live and work in space? Find out at “Journey to Space,” a new exhibition opening at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on Saturday, Nov. 2. This special exhibition, developed in partnership with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, invites visitors to explore the extraordinary… Read More >


Two people, one sitting one standing, look at a model animal skull.

Science Museum hosts STEAM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities Oct. 15

October 3, 2024

[RALEIGH, N.C.] — The great jobs of today and tomorrow are in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM). Yet people with disabilities remain underrepresented in these fields. To help turn the tide, the 11th annual STEAM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities will be held in-person on Tuesday, October 15 from 9:30 a.m. to… Read More >


A male and a female scientist talk to each other outside at a field site.

Dueling Dinosaurs: Context is Key

September 23, 2024

Geologist Eric Roberts pictured with paleontologist Lindsay Zanno. You have a lot of questions about how a tyrannosaur and a Triceratops came to be buried together one day in the Late Cretaceous. So do we. To study ancient animals, paleontologists need expertise in the biological sciences and the geological sciences. This is because fossils are… Read More >


Composite image of a globular springtail jumping.

This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth

August 29, 2024

Composite image of a globular springtail jumping. By Tracey Peake, NCSU News Services Move over, Sonic. There’s a new spin-jumping champion in town – the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height in the blink of an eye, and a new study features… Read More >


The mini-transmitter on the back of the cuckoo accounts for less than five percent of his body weight. It radios its data every two days for ten hours.

A network dubbed the internet of animals is helping track migrating critters

August 19, 2024

The mini-transmitter on the back of the cuckoo accounts for less than five percent of his body weight. It radios its data every two days for ten hours. Photo: © Natural History Museum of Denmark/M. Willemoes By Morning Edition Hosts The internet of animals, it’s a global initiative to tag, track and learn about animal… Read More >