To Cut or Not to Cut?
When Megan Stratton was told by her doctor that she would have to undergo a cesarean section, or c-section, to deliver her second...
Native Species Restoration: Is Everyone in Favor?
Summer brings the incredible sounds of Missouri wildlife: the gobbling of turkeys, the snort and blow of a buck deer, the song of...
What’s New at the Saint Louis Science Center’s YES Program?
SciJourner Reporters interview four new Youth Exploring Science program teens about what they are looking forward to this summer. What's...
Cicadas! Why are They Over Here but not Over There?
“Shhh!” “Do you hear that?” “What’s that noise?” Those are the questions people have been asking every since...
Check Your Home for Radon
Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas, and, according to the EPA, is the primary cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers, resulting in...
Body Worlds or My Introduction to Journalism
Body Worlds or How I Learned to be a Journalist from SciJourner on Vimeo. Andrew Flachs and David Hoffelmeyer preview the...
Lack of Vitamin D Linked to Allergies in Children
Dr. Denise Johnson, my pediatrician, recently diagnosed me with a moderate allergy to tree nuts, such as almonds, cashews, pecans and walnuts. I...
Infographic: Great Disasters of the United States
Nearly 140 Joplin, MO residents lost their lives in the May 23, 2011 tornado that devastated the city. How...
Cloning is Not Simple
“Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was slightly gray It didn't have a father, just some borrowed DNA ...
Arsenic Life Discovered?
A new life form has been discovered on planet Earth or a sample of bacteria has been misidentified. NASA-funded scientists claim that they...