Author Archives: Natania-Barron
Cool Bees Trained to Tell One Face From Another
File this under cool science to share with your kids! Bees continue to fascinate and often surprise scientists, and this rather interesting experiment certainly falls into both categories.
In a story from the Journal of Experimental Biology, researchers report that they have determined bees can learn how to differentiate between human faces. From Discovery News:
The study’s […] Continue reading
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GeekDad Talks with Donovan Patton of the New Nickelodeon Show Team Umizoomi
Team Umizoomi is a new kid’s show, geared toward the preschool set, premiering this week on Nickelodeon. Why are the GeekDads really excited about this? Well, for one thing, the show’s focus is on teaching preschoolers the basics of math. Yes, a math-based show, at last! I’ve watched the pilot of Team Umizoomi, and it’s […] Continue reading
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Beautiful 19th Century Maps Drawn by Children
For some reason, maps have always piqued my interest. Even as a child, I loved rifling through old maps of places near and far, imagined and real, tracing the boundaries and plotting adventures.
Sadly, precious few maps have survived the centuries. But one of the most remarkable collections I’ve ever seen came to my attention via […] Continue reading
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My Life With Cars: Lessons From a Three-Year-Old
He was 18 months old the first time he touched a Matchbox car. On that day, in the early spring of 2008, my son wrapped his chubby little fingers around the cool metal of a paint-chipped 1970 Impala, and his life has never been the same since.
You may think I’m exaggerating, and there are days […] Continue reading
