Emily Sohn

All Stories by Emily Sohn

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ear pain, weight gain

    Scientists have found a link between frequent childhood ear infections and obesity later in life.

  2. Health & Medicine

    Homework blues

    A good mood may not be so great for school work.

  3. Animals

    Mice sense each other’s fear

    Scientists have figured out how mice use their noses to sniff out fear in other mice.

  4. Animals

    The tiniest serpent

    The smallest species of snake ever discovered lives on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

  5. Planets

    Icy red planet

    Mission to Mars finds water ice.

  6. Health & Medicine

    Recipe for health

    Obesity is on the rise, but there are plenty of things you can do to maintain a healthy weight.

  7. Animals

    Animal CSI or from science lab to crime lab

    Scientists are finding new ways to help stop poachers from hunting endangered animals.

  8. Health & Medicine

    How super are superfruits?

    Fruits are good for you, but some advertisements claim that certain fruits are especially nutritious. Is there science to support the superfruit hype?

  9. Space

    Ready, set, supernova

    For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of exploding.

  10. Health & Medicine

    Music in the brain

    Scientists have uncovered a pattern of brain activity that may tune up musical improvisation.

  11. Ecosystems

    When fungi and algae marry

    Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.

  12. Earth

    Deep history

    Scientists have gained new clues about when the Grand Canyon formed.