A scholarship and college guide for aspiring scientists, the Science Whiz shows you how to take your interest in science to the next level while still in high school by developing powerful independent research projects, win competitions and scholarships, land a coveted research internship, get published, spend summers traveling the world on scientific expeditions, and more. Guo, a freelancer for Science, Nature, The Scientist, and Smithsonian, is a student at Yale who has won more than $120,000 in unrestricted scholarships.

The Earth science field began in the 20th century, but humans have been grappling with the nature of the planet on which they live since the dawn of their imagination. Although Earth science is typically seen as an "umbrella" term for a number of sciences, the 20th century ushered in the development of such fields as geochemistry, biogeochemistry, marine geology, and paleoceanography, forever changing and enhancing the study of Earth science.

Forensics deals with subjects as varied as the timing of a rainfall and the trajectory of a bullet. Its practitioners use tools as uncomplicated as a simple envelope to hold a fragment of evidence to a complicated scanning electron microscope to probe the molecular structure of a piece of evidence. In his history of forensics Edward Ricciuti, a Connecticut freelance, describes what is believed to be its first use.

Adopted children bring great joy to a family, but they can also present unique parenting challenges. How has the past affected my child? What is the real message behind the challenging behavior? How can we build more joyful family relationships? Wendy Sunshine met her co-authors while reporting on them for a Texas newspaper. "They felt I 'got' their work and invited me to co-author a book," she said.