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This early Cyber Monday microscope deal save 25% on a Skybasic digital scope

This early Cyber Monday microscope deal saves 25% on a Skybasic digital scope

By Morgan Bailee Boggess McCoy

Deals The Skybasic Digital Microscope is on sale for 25% for Cyber Monday. Grab this deal while you can!

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Check out our roundup of the best Black Friday slime kit deals. Here, a child plays with slime with their hands.

Save on Slime Kits this Black Friday

By Kimberly Hickok

For the kids (or adults) in your life who can't get enough slime, here are the best Black Friday slime kit deals for 2021.

Check out our best binoculars for kids for 2021. Here, two kids looking through binoculars outdoors.

Best binoculars for kids 2021

By TJ Fink

Live Science has gathered the best binoculars for kids for 2021, to help you engage your child in nature and cool celestial shows.

Great Black Friday microscope deal on this Swift Binocular Compound Microscope.

Black Friday microscope deal saves you $60 on this Swift microscope

By Jeanna Bryner

Deals With this Black Friday microscope deal, you save 20% on a high-powered compound microscope.

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Here's a look at the best microscopes for kids. Shown here, a girl looking through a microscope.

Best microscopes for kids 2021

By Timothy Williamson, TJ Fink

Perfect for every skill level and budget, these are the best microscopes for kids right now

Cyber Monday National Geographic kits deals: Image of volcano kit

Cyber Monday National Geographic science kit deals - perfect kids gifts

By Molly Cleary

Deals Expand young minds with National Geographic Kits on sale this Cyber Monday, including a fossil dig kit & a magic chemistry set.

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A laser-induced fusion reaction taking place inside the world's biggest laser at the National Ignition Facility's target chamber.

The world's biggest laser: Function, fusion power and solving a supernova

By Andrew May

Reference There’s a giant laser in California that’s all about space and national defence, but it’s not a sci-fi super-weapon – it’s an amazing research tool for scientists

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12-in-1 STEM Solar Robot Kit deal: Image shows boy and parent playing with the kit.

This 12-in-1 solar-powered robot kit is 34% off for Black Friday

By Mina Frost

Deals Teach STEM skills with this fully-customizable, 12-in-1 STEM Solar Robot Kit deal - now 34% off for Black Friday!

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The Menlo Park lab of Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, is shown here after its relocation to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. The arrow on the vacuum pump (center) marks the site of Edison's recreation of the lighting of the incandescent bulb on Oct. 21, 1929.

Who invented the lightbulb?

By Elizabeth Palermo, Callum McKelvie

Reference Though Thomas Edison credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, this revolutionary technology was in fact developed by several inventors.

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Kids working on a robot design

Best Cyber Monday science kit deals

By Jeanna Bryner

Deal For Cyber Monday science kit deals for you and your kids, Live Science has you covered. Grab the right kit for less, to bring the lab (or field) into your home.

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Here's a look at the best Cyber Monday binoculars deals.

Cyber Monday binoculars deals 2021

By Jeanna Bryner

To help you get the most out of your winter hikes or stargazing adventures, here are the best Cyber Monday binoculars deals for 2021.

The Hera mission will arrive at Didymos two years after DART's impact.

NASA's DART mission has a sequel. How Europe's HERA will explore an asteroid impact aftermath.

By Tereza Pultarova

The Hera mission will follow NASA's DART asteroid-deflecting spacecraft to the binary space rock Didymos and detail the aftermath of DART's collision with the smaller of the two asteroids.

Mathematical formulas on green background. Mathematics is at the heart of science and our daily lives.

What is mathematics?

By Elaine J. Hom, Jonathan Gordon

Reference Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement. It's all around us.

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Check out the best Cyber Monday Osmo deals of 2021. Here, Osmo's Math Wizard add-on for your number-savvy child.

Cyber Monday Osmo deals 2021

By Jeanna Bryner

Check out this early round-up of the best Cyber Monday Osmo deals for 2021.

A photo of Kevin Warwick using his cyborg implant to control a robot hand over the internet.

Who was the first cyborg?

By Patrick Pester

Fictional cyborgs have appeared in science fiction since the 1920s, but who was the first human to fuse with technology and become a real-life cyborg?

World's longest bridge

What's the world's longest bridge?

By Katharine Gammon, Ailsa Harvey

Reference Explore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world

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China test-fired a massive new solid-fueled rocket motor on Oct. 19, 2021.

China just test-fired a massive solid-fueled rocket

By Andrew Jones

China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.

Genetic engineering, Cripsr concept art.

What is CRISPR?

By Aparna Vidyasagar, Nicoletta Lanese

CRISPR is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function.

Representatives from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry..

Nobel Prize in chemistry given to duo whose method solves 'mirror-image problem' in chemistry

By Ben Turner

Their solution allows scientists to select the 'chirality' of the molecule they are building

William Shatner is ready for your questions.

William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's life

By Mindy Weisberger

Conversational video technology enables AI-powered back-and-forth between viewers and prerecorded responses.