All Stories

  1. Animals

    Caterpillars tattletale to police

    Clothes moth larvae snack on hair from corpses, providing police with genetic clues.

    By Tia Ghose
  2. Chemistry

    A clean getaway

    New household cleaners may make blood hard to find at crime scenes.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  3. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D-licious Mushrooms

    Why some mushrooms are like the sun.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  4. Space

    Speedy stars

    A gang of stars on the edge of our galaxy is running away.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Hungry bug seeks hot meal

    A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  6. Microbes

    White fuzzy mold not as friendly as it looks

    New type of mold may be a bat killer.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  7. Health & Medicine

    Salt secrets

    You probably eat a lot more salt than you realize, and that could be bad for your health.

    By Emily Sohn
  8. Space

    Galaxies on the go

    Millions of stars are mysteriously racing toward one point in the sky.

    By Susan Gaidos

  9. Middle school science adventures

    Curiosity brings kids to Washington, D.C. for national science competition.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  10. Tech

    Ready, unplug, drive

    Plug-in hybrid cars, coming within a few years, will help save gasoline.

    By Emily Sohn
  11. Tech

    Hubble trouble doubled

    The Hubble Space Telescope has faced a series of malfunctions in the last few weeks.

    By Emily Sohn
  12. Animals

    Grunting for worms

    Want to catch some earthworms? Pretend you're a mole. For experienced worm hunters, the technique works like magic.

    By Emily Sohn