North American Barn Owls: Predators of the Night
WHO is that in the darkness, watching from the trees? A blood-curdling shriek is carried on the breeze. If you’re [...]
Indiana’s State Insect: Angled Candle Firefly
Illustration by WonderLab staff. The Angled Candle Firefly, also known as Say’s Firefly for noted Hoosier entomologist Thomas [...]
Capillary Action
What is capillary action? One of the most exciting properties of water is known as capillary action. Capillary action occurs [...]
Blast Off! NASA’s New Era
Photo by Mariam Espacio. Milky Way across the starry sky. It all started with a dream. Not the [...]
Science Sprouts Place Opens at WonderLab
Science Sprouts Place, the newest exhibit area at WonderLab, opens to the public on Saturday, October 5, 2019. The new [...]
Gear up for BubbleFest 2019 with Bubble Science!
WonderLab’s BubbleFest is back at the museum for a second consecutive year! This Labor Day weekend WonderLab will be overflowing [...]
Baby Brains: A New Laboratory for Studying Child Development
A conversation with Dr. Linda Smith – Bringing Head Cameras Home Dr. Linda Smith. Photo courtesy of Linda Smith [...]
The Science Behind the Sprouts
Cognitive Neuroscience Inspires Exhibits WonderLab has worked for more than twenty years to ensure that science education is both accessible [...]
The Nose Remembers: Olfactory Memory and Where it Takes Us
Think of your childhood home. Personally, at 25 years old, it hasn’t been long since I graced the narrow, carpeted [...]
Reintroducing Bloomington to the Horseless Carriage
In today’s world, one of the few things we can be certain of is our need for scientists, technology-developers, engineers, [...]