My heart goes out to those along the Gulf Coast who are suffering from Hurricane Katrina. To learn more about the science of hurricanes, here are : recommendations from a past Surfnetkids column Hurricanes: Surfing the Net with Kids and CNN: Hurricane Season 2005.

I considered doing “First Day of School Activities” as a column topic, but decided against it since it was a topic for teachers, not kids. For nine years I have focused on sites for kids and decided not to rock the boat now. For those interested, here’s a list of sites I was considering: First… [Continue]

My son Matthew just called all excited about a lecture by James Randi. He said it was “the BEST” and went on about how Randi introduced Penn to Teller (or was it Teller to Penn?) and knew Richard Feynman, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke personally. Randi is a scientist who has dedicated his life… [Continue]