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Starting to vape is easy, but quitting a nicotine habit can be tough, teens are finding. Some vaping-cessation programs have begun to reach out to teens where they live — on their phones.

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Health
 
Nov 8, 2019
Health risks are scaring some teen vapers into considering quitting
a photo of a teenager on a phone with a car crash in the background

Age isn’t a teen’s only risk when it comes to driving. So is the rate at which the brain develops — something individuals can’t control.

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Brain
 
Oct 23, 2019
Slower brain development ups a teen’s risk of getting into a car accident
four letter blocks reading "fact", the last two letters are changing to "ke" so the word will read "fake" instead

The difference between fact and fiction isn’t always obvious in online news and information. Careful fact-checking can help you find out what’s real and what’s not.

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Science & Society
 
Oct 17, 2019
Studies test ways to slow the spread of fake news
a photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon

This photo, taken in 1969 by Astronaut Neil Armstrong, shows Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Apollo astronauts left a lot on the moon’s surface, from scientific instruments to trash.

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Space
 
Oct 3, 2019
Learning from what Apollo astronauts left on the moon
a photo of the UN Youth Climate Summit

More than 700 youths and young adults gathered at the United Nations on September 21 in New York City for the first-ever U.N. Youth Climate Summit.

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Weather & Climate
 
Sep 24, 2019
At the United Nations, youth leaders call for true climate action
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Scientists and science communicators must do a better job of combatting fake news about climate change and climate engineering on YouTube, says one researcher.

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Science & Society
 
Sep 23, 2019
Climate misinformation may be thriving on YouTube
the planet Jupiter, as seen from NASA's Juno spacecraft

Jupiter, shown in an image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, has 79 moons. Five recently spotted ones have just gotten their official names.

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Planets
 
Sep 20, 2019
Students help name 5 of Jupiter’s newly discovered moons
an illustration of DNA being cut with scissors

Scientists are beginning human trials to treat disease with the “molecular scissors” known as CRISPR/Cas9. Some people with a form of inherited blindness will have it injected into their eyes, where researchers hope it will snip out a mutation.

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Genetics
 
Sep 16, 2019
CRISPR enters its first human trials
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Climate change is underway, and affecting the entire planet. Science News for Students dedicated an entire year to the topic in our Climate Change Chronicles.

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Weather & Climate
 
Sep 11, 2019
Catch up with Climate Change Chronicles
a photo of Lisa Grossman in a bunny suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center

Science News astronomy reporter Lisa Grossman visits the pristine-sample lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The display case holds rocks collected by the Apollo 15 and 16 missions. The 1.5-kilogram (3.3-pound) chunk of volcanic basalt in the center is 3.4 billion years old.

Felix Sanchez

Planets
 
Sep 5, 2019
Welcome to moon rock central