In just one year, you can attend the largest celebration of STEM for FREE! On April 16-17, 2016, the 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival returns to the nation’s capital along with some of your favorite performers and hands-on exhibits! Next April, Sneak Peek Friday, open to schools, homeschoolers and military families, returns on April… Learn more

No doubt about it: Interactive, hands-on STEM experiences –such as the Festival’s “Nifty-Fifty (times 4)” school program — can have a powerful impact on transforming the lives of young students. This is why multimedia trade association leader InfoComm International is returning as a major sponsor of the Festival, and as host of the Nifty Fifty school visits during 2015… Learn more

This is the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival Podcast, featuring Jordan Green, Ph.D. speaking to students at South River High School in Edgewater, MD. Dr. Green talks about his work creating innovative technologies and therapeutics that can directly benefit human health. Listen to the Podcast after the jump. Dr. Jordan Green is Associate Professor… Learn more

Guest Blog by X-STEM Speaker Louie Schwartzberg Albert Einstein remarked, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” He knew something that many scientists and engineers overlook in their quest for truth: nature holds the answers we’re seeking! We’re simply here to learn nature’s language and laws and how we can interact with… Learn more

Here is a roundup of some the latest stories in science that are making headlines: Friday The 13th Image Credit: Anneka / Shutterstock.com Today, March 13, 2015, marks the second Friday the 13th of 2015. In this article, “Origins of Friday the 13th: How the Day Got So Spooky” livescience has some fun exploring this bad… Learn more

Yes, MedImmune, as a Nobelium-level sponsor, will once more host the Festival’s amazing all-day X-STEM Symposium featuring a compendium of the nation’s most renowned visionaries and celebrities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to explore the passion and excitement of innovation! Be there Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Washington, D.C. Convention… Learn more

Black And Blue? White And Gold? Image Via http://swiked.tumblr.com/ Yesterday the internet went a little wild after a picture of the infamous color changing dress appeared on Tumblr. Skeptics weighed in with all sorts of claims on why some saw Black and Blue (right brained) and some saw White and Gold (left brained). Others explained it… Learn more

Here is a roundup of some the latest stories in science that are making headlines: Science At The Oscars This coming weekend is the 87th Academy Awards and this year, science fans have something to be excited about. In this article from Space.com, read about the two space-themed movies up for 10 Oscars. In this… Learn more

Their achievements of the past continue to help shape and define the essence of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) today. This is the legacy of such early innovators as: Benjamin Banneker, the mathematician who helped map out and plan the city of Washington, D.C.; Charles Drew, the surgeon who pioneered blood transfusion; Garret Morgan, who invented the… Learn more

By Nifty Fifty Host Carol Bengle Gilbert Very often, even the host can’t helped but be inspired by the Nifty Fifty talks. Monday, I listened to Dr. Ellen Stofan, NASA’s chief scientist, address middle school students at the Nysmith School for the Gifted in Herndon, Virginia. The school decided to announce the science fair winners in conjunction with… Learn more