Future Scientists Get A Taste
The scholars who packed Yale Commons by the hundreds to begin studying science at the university aren’t college science majors—yet. If the Yale Pathways to Science program succeeds, they soon will be.
View Article7 Students Follow Career (High) Path To CNA Jobs
On top of their regular high school classes, Neidaly Gonzalez and Keylanie Flores spent 100 hours learning how to bathe, feed and comfort senior citizens. They ended up on the path to finish high...
View ArticleRobot Squad Bound For Championships
With a regional victory under its belt, the Career High School robotics team is headed to St. Louis to compete for the world championship.
View ArticleOK, Google, Remove The Patient’s Appendix
Nervous about going under the knife? Don’t worry—the surgeon wearing weird glasses is actually two surgeons. A second doctor is looking through your doctor’s eyes and whispering in his ear, guiding...
View ArticleStudents Slay Termites With Orange Peels
A team of high-school freshmen has found a way to snuff out household termites—without exposing children and pets to noxious chemicals.
View ArticleWas That An Evolutionary Discovery In The Q River?
Neighbors along the Quinnipiac River awoke to a strange sight Monday morning: An unusual creature in the water along the residential finger piers just north of the Grand Avenue Bridge on the western...
View ArticleScience: It’s Always Better With Beer
Stars swirled in and out of focus behind Stella Offner (pictured) as she lifted her arms enthusiastically and waxed romantic on one particular component of our solar system: the sun, and what makes...
View ArticleLEAP Kids Crack The Code
“I got it!” Jermiana Cannon exclaimed upon realizing that she could use a “repeat” command to shorten some computer code she’d just written. The exclamation echoed across the room—and signaled hope for...
View ArticleHarries “Disappointed” With Science Test Results
New Haven schools took one step forward and two steps back in the latest release of standardized test scores.
View ArticleCelentano Morphs Into Biotech Middle School
Seventh-grader Korey Kornegay and his friends were building cars with a rubber band as the only power source.The instructions said to use putty to attach the wheels, but the kids and teachers found...
View ArticleThe Beer Was Out Of This World
Will we ever be able to make beer in space? Do stars leaving their homes pack up quietly, or explode into big, weepy balls of gas? What are today’s coolest space missions, and why isn’t America...
View ArticleCity, SCSU Team Up On Global Science Hub
Katherine Perez knew since she took her first advanced physics class that she wanted to be a scientist. Now a rising junior at Southern Connecticut State University, she will get a step closer this...
View ArticleCola Drinkers Prefer “Coke”
What I learned on the first morning of this year’s citywide Science Fair as judges visited 235 exhibits mounted by public-school students from pre-K through 12 grade:
View ArticleDiscoveries Abound
Two budding housing designers were hard at work on Orchard Street and Legion Avenue.
View ArticleCalling All Tinkerers
MakeHaven, the techie maker space on State Street, is trying something new this Friday and Saturday: its first inaugural Make-A-Thon, intended to familiarize more local tinkerers with the organization,...
View ArticleYNHH Performs First Scarless Thyroid Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital surgeons became the first in the nation to perform a thyroid and parathyroidectomy that avoids visible scarring.
View ArticleCommon Ground Sprouts Green Addition
Nyasia Mercer said now that Common Ground has a new building able to accommodate a major expansion in students and activities, the school will no longer be a secret to those outside of its grounds.
View ArticlePeabody Gives The Story Behind The Bones
Displaying complete animal dominance over his triceratops, 2-year-old James Conte represented the fourth generation of his family to be dazzled by the various fierce ceretopsians and other holdings of...
View ArticleMissionary Scientists, Explorers — And Don’t Forget The Women
If highly accomplished Bryn Mawr and Wellesley graduates couldn’t get jobs in the male-dominated sciences in early 20th-century America and Britain, they found another alternative: Board a steamer,...
View ArticleToday On WNHH Radio
The most recent programs on WNHH radio explore FBI Director James Comey’s statement on Hillary Clinton’s email server, one woman’s devastating battle with scleroderma, and school-based health clinics.
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