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Animals

Surprise! These animals can help fight climate change

Some animals help fight climate change by boosting the amount of carbon dioxide that plants, algae and bacteria absorb from the atmosphere.

Brain

Herbal medicine could help recovery after concussion

A finalist at Regeneron ISEF found that a plant native to China could supplement a common pain reliever that comes with unwanted side effects.

Physics

The movie Frozen inspired the icy, 3-D printing of blood vessels

Ice guides a 3-D printing method to make realistic, artificial blood vessels. One day, such vessels could be used in lab-grown organs.

Chemistry

Here’s why teens’ body odor can be especially strong

The body odors of teens and younger kids share dozens of chemicals in common. But teens have some that infants and toddlers appear to lack.

Environment

To limit pollution, new recipe makes plastic a treat for microbes

Microplastics made from fossil fuels take centuries to disappear. But the plant- and algae-based plastic can break down in weeks to months.

Math

Scientists Say: Correlation and Causation

There is a correlation between countries where people eat more chocolate and those that produce more Nobel Prize winners. But beware assuming that one variable causes the other.

Animals

Elusive worm-lizards sport weird, spooky skulls

CT scans of these mysterious creatures turned up bizarre internal features. They could offer clues about amphisbaenians’ largely unknown behavior.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is making it hard to tell truth from fiction

Experts worry that by making it harder to tell what’s true, AI can threaten people’s reputations, health, fair elections and more.

Tech

Lego bricks inspired a new way to shape devices for studying liquids

Inspired by Lego building blocks, the approach could enable design of adaptable tools to study how fluids move through very small spaces.