“I Wonder…”: Reconnecting with Our Natural Curiosity

Every day, all day long, we ask ourselves questions about the world. Most of us are not conscious that we do so, but those questions can be very important.

These questions are clues to the things that we wonder most about the world and that is exactly where a STEM research project should begin – with your own natural curiosity. “I Wonder…” is a process that can help you reconnect with that curiosity and lead you to a unique research project topic that you are passionate about investigating.

Deanna Cusick and Lauren Allgood, two of the Society's Advocates, try out an "I Wonder" experiment by smelling air bottled at local stores.

Blogs About Students Who Wonder

Articles that Make us Wonder

Science NewsandScience News for Studentsare our award-winning publications that cover current advances across all STEM disciplines. We have gathered a collection of articles specifically on things that made us wonder to further shed light on this topic and provide inspiration for student research projects.

Why you’re spotting more wildlife during COVID-19

There aren’t more animals, we’re just paying better attention to them

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Here’s how the periodic table gets new elements

从发现到确认和命名,路径很少简单

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How popcorn got its pop

There are special movements behind these delicious edible explosions

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Why are cicadas such clumsy fliers?

Chemical analysis of the insects’ wings by a teen and his dad now offers clues

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Is the coronavirus mutating? Yes. But here’s why you don’t need to panic

Lab experiments would help determine whether mutations change how the virus infects cells

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Why the knuckleball takes such a knucklehead path

The new explanation traces to a ‘drag crisis’

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Why Rembrandt and da Vinci may have painted themselves with skewed eyes

Scientists are still debating if the cause was an eye disorder or one strongly dominant eye

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Why are bees vanishing?

Scientists find a combination of threats may explain declining honeybee populations

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New books explore why dogs and humans have such a special bond

Dog Is Love and Our Dogs, Ourselves look at the relationship we have with our canine companions

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Explainer: How brief can hibernation be?

For a half-century, scientists have debated whether animals can hibernate for as little as a day

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Why tumbleweeds may be more science fiction than Old West

Salsola plants form tangled balls of dead foliage to spread their seeds

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Explainer: How CRISPR works

This technique lets scientists edit DNA in plants and animals

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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread much farther than once thought

Simulations show the extent of toxic oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico from the 2010 disaster

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如何保护你的家从灾害放大by climate change

Individuals and communities can prepare for flooding, fires and drought

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What happens to animals in a hurricane?

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