Archimedes Notebook

 A couple weeks ago we walked along the trail of a salt marsh at Caddy Memorial Park in Quincy, MA. It sits where Blacks Creek empties into ...

Who Hid the Stars? How Light Pollution Changes Our World   by Danio Miserocchi & Maciej Michno; illus. by Valentina Gottardi, and transl...

 Spring comes in its own time, sometimes in a flurry of flowering and sometimes a slow opening of a bud. While visiting Boston, I walked aro...

The Secrets of the Jellies: Amazing Jellyfish and Their Surprising Talents    by Karen Jameson; illus by Marie Hermansson 40 pages; ages 5-8...

 Last week a friend invited us to stroll through the Arnold Arboretum. It's Harvard University's "tree museum" and botanic...