Finalists for 2019 Children's Science Picture Book Award Announced

Check out the six finalists for the 2019 Children’s Science Picture Book category of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

2019, Finalists, Picture BookKirstin FearnleyOctober 16, 2018The Brilliant Deep, A House in the Sky, What Do They Do with All That Poo?, Living Things and Nonliving Things, Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea, Many, 2019

Spotlight on Science Writers: Sarah Wassner Flynn

Sarah Wassner Flynn introduces her 2018 award-winning hands-on science book, This Book Stinks! Gross Garbage, Rotten Rubbish, and the Science of Trash, in a Spotlight on Science Writers blog post on Science NetLinks.

2018, Winners, Hands-OnKirstin FearnleyOctober 5, 2018Sarah Wassner Flynn, This Book Stinks, garbage

Longlist for Young Adult Science Book Award

Introducing the ten titles on the 2019 longlist in the Young Adult Science Book category of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

2019, Longlist, Young AdultKirstin FearnleySeptember 21, 2018Built, The Butchering Art, Buzz, Champions of Illusion, Chasing New Horizons, Rocket Men, Spying on Whales, Think Tank, The Truth about Animals

Longlist for 2019 Hands-On Science Book Award Announced

Seven titles have been chosen for the 2019 longlist in the Hands-On Science Book category of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

2019, Hands-On, LonglistKirstin FearnleySeptember 20, 2018Alexander Graham Bell for Kids, Bug Lab for Kids, Dig In!, Dog Science Unleashed, Let's Hatch Chicks!, Light Waves, Mason Jar Science

Longlist for 2019 Middle Grades Science Book Award Announced

Check out the seven titles longlisted for the Middle Grades category of the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

2019, Longlist, Middle GradesKirstin FearnleySeptember 19, 2018Champion, Impact!, Itch!, My First Book of Quantum Physics, Rewilding, She Found Fossils, Trash Revolution

Longlist for 2019 Children's Science Picture Book Award Announced

Check out the eight titles on the Children’s Science Picture Book longlist for the 2019 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

2019, Picture Book, LonglistKirstin FearnleySeptember 18, 2018It Starts with a Seed, The Great Rhino Rescue, What Do They Do with All That Poo?, Many, A House in the Sky, Living Things and Nonliving Things, The Brilliant Deep, Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea

New Lesson Available for Caesar's Last Breath

A new lesson is available to complement Sam Kean’s Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us, a 2018 finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Young Adult category.

2018, Finalists, Young AdultKirstin FearnleyAugust 31, 2018Sam Kean, Caesar's Last Breath, air, gas, atmosphere

Celebrate Back to School with 12 Years of AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize Winners!

Celebrate the start of the school year by making use of some of these prize-winning books.

Winners, Subaru Loves LearningKirstin FearnleyAugust 20, 2018back-to-school, guide

Scientist and Prize Winner Lyudmila Trut's Research Featured in Major Publications

Research stemming from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics and How To Train a Fox co-author Lyudmila Trut’s work there with fox domestication has been published in Nature Ecology & Evolution and merited recent mentions in The New York Times and Science.

Winners, 2018Kirstin FearnleyAugust 17, 2018Lyudmila Trut, Research, How To Tame a Fox