If your kid can’t get enough animal books, Nat Geo documentaries and time roaming around your backyard collecting bugs, it might be time to take their exploration to a new, tangible level with ...

Which kids’ microscope is best? Microscopes are used daily in labs everywhere around the world. They allow us to see details in biological and non-biological samples that would be impossible with the ...

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Amid the fish tanks and black lab tables in Melanie Fields’ biology classroom, a video camera perched on the eyepiece of a microscope strikes a note of modernity. A cable transmits the camera’s view ...

Eight-year-old S. Hariraj is a Foldscope devotee. He's used it to look at the milk from the cows his parents raise. Though the milk looks creamy, the Foldscope reveals a world of microorganisms. "It ...

A group of young students has built a high-resolution microscope solely out of LEGO pieces and a smartphone lens. The fully functional, high-resolution microscope with capabilities close to a modern ...