Stephen Ornes has been writing for Science News Explores since 2008, and his 2014 story "Where Will Lightning Strike?" won an AAAS/Kavli Gold Award. He lives in Nashville, Tenn., and he has three children, who are inventing their own language. His family has a cat, six chickens, and two rabbits, but he secretly thinks hagfish are the most fascinating animals. Stephen has written two books. One is a biography of mathematician Sophie Germain, who was born during the French Revolution. The other, which was published in 2019, features art inspired by math. Visit him online at stephenornes.com.
All Stories by Stephen Ornes
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Environment
Flu river
Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds.
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Archaeology
Meet your mysterious relative
Ardi climbed trees and walked on two legs 4.4 million years ago.
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Space
Not bone-dry after all: the moon holds water
New moon studies turn up water on and under the lunar surface.
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Genetics
Two monkeys see a more colorful world
A genetic experiment changes the way monkeys see the world.
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Space
Galaxies far, far, far away
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies that formed when the universe was a child.
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Fossils
Mini T. rex
Scientists have unearthed a dinosaur skeleton that looks like a person-sized Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Environment
A gassy threat from above
In Earth’s atmosphere, nitrous oxide threatens the ozone layer.
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Health & Medicine
Making good, brown fat
Researchers find a way to make energy-burning fat out of other types of cells.