National DNA Day has a fun challenge for teachers and classrooms using Pinterest. Your class can join a larger, national, effort to create a National DNA Day Pinterest board by making your own class Pinterest board on DNA, genetics, and genomics. Some possible topics are:
Things to do with DNA
DNA and health
DNA and the Arts
DNA in the News
We're really excited about the topic on DNA and the Arts! Here's how you can make some lovely DNA Art images for your Pinterest board in ... Read more
Today (4/25) is national DNA day. Digital World Biology™ is celebrating by sharing some of our favorite structures of DNA. We created these photos with Molecule World™ a new iPad app for viewing molecular structures.
As we are taught in school, the double stranded DNA molecule is a right-handed helix as determined by Watson and Crick using Franklin's x-ray diffraction images [1]. This B- ... Read more
Things move off of our entry page pretty quick sometimes. If you missed this post from Bioephemera, go take a look.
She has great pictures and a fascinating story about one Seattle's favorite places.Read more
No, you can't have a glow-in-the-dark kitty.
But never fear, the SciBlings and I have other ideas for holiday gifts.
If you really have your heart set on glowing animals, and you don't live in California, you can get a tankful of lovely ... Read more
Maybe there's something a little bit odd about having a gingerbread construction contest to raise funds for researching juvenile diabetes.
Maybe these gingerbread houses aren't environmentally proper or particularly sustainable.
But they are impressive.
If you're in Seattle over the holidays, you can see them at the Sheraton Hotel until Jan 2nd and even help fund research on juvenile diabetes.
The grocery store magazine covers all say that home made gifts are big this year. So I thought, some of you might like to channel your inner Martha Stewart and make gifts with a science theme.
I'm here to help to you make a merry mug with one of our favorite molecules. Yep, we're talking caffeine.
1. First, we'll go to ... Read more
Would you recognize your leftovers when they're magnified? Would you know turkey if you saw it at 40X?
Make a guess and click an image to see the answer.
No, you can't have a 
I'm here to help to you make a merry mug with one of our favorite molecules. Yep, we're talking caffeine.
1. First, we'll go to ... 