If it has to be distance learning, then go all the way. For the third time, astronauts from the Chinese space station held a lesson from space. The topics covered included growing rice in space, drinking with a long straw, and capillary effects. The astronauts had the children’s full attention, here in a classroom at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Students from other provinces were also tuned in. The Tiangong series of lessons is intended to promote enthusiasm for science in China.