All Stories
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Animals
Bee Disease
Scientists may have found one reason why honeybees have been disappearing from the United States.
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Planets
Planet Survivor
Scientists have discovered a planet outside our solar system that survived the rapid growth of its parent star.
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Health & Medicine
The buzz about caffeine
Is caffeine bad or good for you? The answer is: a little of both.
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Animals
Color-changing bugs
A species of South American beetle changes color from shiny gold to dull red—and back again.
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Physics
Road bumps
Scientists have discovered why dirt roads develop ridges that make for a bumpy ride.
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Environment
Lessons from a lonely tortoise
In the Galapagos Islands, scientists are struggling to save some of the most endangered creatures in the world.
By Bryn Nelson -
Animals
A Wild Ferret Rise
Once nearly extinct, wild black-footed ferrets are making a comeback in Wyoming.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Long nose, hopeful future
A chainsaw-nosed creature of the sea finally earns some protection.
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Health & Medicine
Toxic Dirt + Avian Flu = Science Fair Success
Fifteen-year-old Nolan Kamitaki shows what it takes to become one of America's top young scientists.
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Health & Medicine
The electric brain
Electrical implants allowed a brain-damaged man to talk, eat, and move again.
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Chemistry
Super Sticky Power
Scientists have combined the sticking power of geckos and mussels to create an extrasticky material.
By Emily Sohn