Hi, I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment! Ever wonder what a bug is looking for when it dives headfirst into a flower? I managed to catch insects tucked inside both a dandelion and an azalea. In spring meadows and backyards, tiny creatures always seem to know exactly where they’re going, […]

Ken Kuwako, Science Trainer here. Every day is an experiment! Have you ever been surprised by a chopstick in a glass of water that looks snapped in two, or even seems to have a backwards twin? This time, I used a glass and a pair of disposable chopsticks to explore some strange tricks of light […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. Point a laser pointer at a wall, and a bright red or green dot pops into view. But the path the light takes from the pointer to the wall? Normally, you can’t see it at all. The light is definitely traveling through that space, […]

Ken Kuwako, Science Trainer here. Every day is an experiment! “Make something good, and it will sell.” Sound familiar? I spent six months with five ninth-graders trying to figure out how to bring science to the wider world, and together we learned that this idea is only half right. (The students taught me that the […]

Ken Kuwako here, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. What if I told you there’s an animal that focuses like a camera, sliding its lens back and forth? Hard to believe, right? But that’s exactly what a squid does. Humans focus by changing the thickness of the lens in our eyes. Squid, on […]