One common theme in the never-ending discussion of Creationism versus evolution is "Why not teach both and let kids make up their o...

If you're wondering why this blog looks a little neglected, the reason is that GeekMom has been keeping me busy. I hope to post some...

If you didn't get to see the nice picture of the kids and me playing with our computer microscope for the New York Times (the photos ar...

It was a thrill to be featured in the article about our computer microscope in the New York Times Business section. Home Biology is wher...

 Image: Jackie Donnelly Back when we started this blog our first project was a nature survey. Although we managed to identify many species ...

We hatched some more triops recently and got a bonus -- a fairy shrimp. We brought our shrimp to the Schuylerville Library for a presentatio...

I just discovered that the documentary Food, Inc . can now be watched online at the PBS website . From the PBS companion website : In Food,...