Education Story Briefs

A currently unsung hero of the 18th century, who now has an award named for him, Francis Hauksbee experiments with static electricity and stuns audien...

This image, as described by NASA, depicts “M16: Pillars of Creation.”NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website tells us more about...

Francis Hauksbee invented this electrostatic generator which he, and others, used in early 18th-century scientific demonstrations.

Hermann Oberth, one of the world's three "Fathers of Rocketry and Astronautics," became interested in his life's work when, at age 14, he read Jules V...

Librarian uses AwesomeStories to teach research as well as content standards.

If you're working on a project needing large pictures, how do you find larger versions of thumbnail images?

What makes Hubble able to "see" such amazing vistas in space? Her "Optical Telescope Assembly" has something to do with capturing incredible images.

The human body has a built-in defense system which helps to protect us from invading viruses, bacteria and related disease-causing agents. This graphi...

Professor van Musschenbroek, from Leiden University, conducts a world-changing experiment which gives him a massive electric shock.

Leyden Jars are used by many experimenters in the 18th century, including Benjamin Franklin who proposes (and conducts) experiments to understand how ...

This image depicts Marian Rejewski, one of the Poles whose work on examining - and understanding - the Enigma machine greatly helped the Allies during...

This Union Flag (consisting of the crosses of St George and St Andrew) was first used in 1606. It signifies the Union of Scotland and Britain (when J...