"What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible things. But don't call them plants--mushrooms are fungi. They're more closely related to animals like you! Through lyrical text and colorful, detailed artwork, the wonderful, mysterious, and sometimes...

Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy, and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Clery argues that the solution is fusion: that large-scale nuclear fusion is scientifically possible, has many advantages over other options, and that the only thing keeping us from proving its worth is our politicians' shortsightedness. He offers a rousing call-to-arms to seize this chance of avoiding the looming energy crisis....

Explores weather in detail from the wind to the clouds with more then 40 projects you may use for science projects.

"Illustrated instructions for experiments pertaining to life on Earth, including photosynthesis, bacteria, minerals, and fossils"--

Why don't we fall off the spinning Earth? How do fireflies glow? Why is the sky blue? Fact-filled and whimsically illustrated throughout, this volume answers more than 175 questions about the world we live in.

Traces the history of dust, focusing on its role in the creation of the universe.

A comparison of things old takes the reader on a journey through the world to find the oldest things, including the giant sequoia tree, the pyramids of Egypt, and the giant tortoise.

"Earth has many natural cycles. Day and night repeat over and over again. Seasons happen year after year. Even plants and animals have cycles. This book helps young readers understand how our life cycle and Earth's cycles work together"--

"Geology and earth science made easy (to learn) and super-quick (to read about). You, too, can make a mountain--start today! (Some restrictions apply.)"--

"An epoch-changing work on scientific developments which can save countless lives. Each year the world faces thousands of earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater, resulting in devastating property destruction and tragic loss of life. To help avert these catastrophes, scientists have long searched for ways to predict when and where earthquakes will happen. The earth science establishment in the US says that earthquake prediction still lies outside...