http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/whataboutthechildren http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/whataboutthechildren Last month, Google.org announced it will donate $2 million to Pratham, a non-governmental organization in India, dedicated to improving science education. Maybe we need one of those here. Find more startling evidence like the photo above ("Crystal Meth: Friend or Foe?"), from a compendium of ill-fated science-fair entries.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=359840&view=rss&microfeed=true Looking for worried tones and ominous music? Then check out Frontline's "Growing Up Online." The premise of the PBS special: Kids rule the Internet. And they're totally out of control! "It's really hard to control what our kids are doing online. What we have here is the new Wild West. Nobody's really in charge," fulminates author Anne Collier. But then, whew, good old Danah Boyd straightens them out: "This is a generation that sees online not as a separate place that you go, but a continuation of their existence. It's socialization. It's learning about life." Which, online or off, is what always brings an end to childhood.

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