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Chemistry

Physics

Scientists Say: Plasma

In physics, plasma refers to one of the four states of matter. In medicine, plasma describes the part of blood that ferries cells, nutrients and more throughout the body.

By Maria TemmingSeptember 13, 2021

Materials Science

Scientists Say: Aerosol

By Bethany BrookshireSeptember 6, 2021

Scientists Say: Oxidation and Reduction

By Bethany BrookshireAugust 30, 2021

Earth

Materials Science

Scientists Say: Aerosol

Aerosols are tiny bits of solids or drops of liquids suspended in gas. Aerosols include mist, fog and soot, as well as pollution from fossil fuels.

By Bethany BrookshireSeptember 6, 2021

Wildfire smoke seeds the air with potentially dangerous microbes

By Megan SeverSeptember 2, 2021

Animals

Endangered or just rare? Statistics give meaning to the head counts

By Rachel CrowellAugust 26, 2021

Humans

A medieval grave may have held a powerful nonbinary person

A 1,000-year-old grave in Finland, once thought to hold a respected woman warrior, may belong to someone who didn’t have a strictly male or female identity.

By Bruce BowerSeptember 17, 2021

How to resist and counter today’s flood of fake news

By Alexandra WitzeSeptember 16, 2021

Physics

Scientists Say: Plasma

By Maria TemmingSeptember 13, 2021

Life

Fossils

Baby pterosaurs may have been able to fly right after hatching

A bone crucial for lift-off was stronger in hatchling pterosaurs than in adults. The baby reptiles also had shorter, broader wings than grown-ups.

By Carolyn GramlingSeptember 15, 2021

Animals

Squirrels use parkour tricks to leap from branch to branch

By Jonathan LambertSeptember 13, 2021

Health & Medicine

Discovering the power of placebos

By Kathryn HulickSeptember 9, 2021

Math

Animals

Endangered or just rare? Statistics give meaning to the head counts

Whether studying tiny birds or massive whales, researchers collect a lot of data. The field of statistics helps them make sense of those data.

By Rachel CrowellAugust 26, 2021

Math

Scientists Say: Pi

By Bethany BrookshireApril 26, 2021

Math

Explainer: What is statistics?

By Rachel CrowellMarch 23, 2021

Physics

Space

Let’s learn about dark matter

Dark matter is only detectable by the gravitational pull it exerts on visible objects, like stars and galaxies.

By Maria TemmingSeptember 14, 2021

Physics

Scientists Say: Plasma

By Maria TemmingSeptember 13, 2021

Tech

Tiny swimming robots may help clean up a microplastics mess

By Stephen OrnesSeptember 10, 2021

Science & Society

How to resist and counter today’s flood of fake news

Although misinformation bothers most people, few know how to spot deceit or nonsense, studies find.

By Alexandra WitzeSeptember 16, 2021

Animals

Analyze This: Sharks aren’t as scary as what you see on TV

By Carolyn WilkeSeptember 1, 2021

Science & Society

Kids lost more than learning when COVID closed their schools

By Laura SandersAugust 31, 2021

Space

Space

Let’s learn about dark matter

Dark matter is only detectable by the gravitational pull it exerts on visible objects, like stars and galaxies.

By Maria TemmingSeptember 14, 2021

Space

This image may be the first look at exomoons in the making

By Maria TemmingAugust 30, 2021

Space

Born in deep shadows? That could explain Jupiter’s strange makeup

By Ken CroswellAugust 6, 2021

Tech

Tech

Tiny swimming robots may help clean up a microplastics mess

Big problem, tiny solution. Researchers in the Czech Republic have designed swimming robots that can help collect and break down microplastics.

By Stephen OrnesSeptember 10, 2021

Tech

Let’s learn about artificial intelligence

By Maria TemmingAugust 31, 2021

Tech

Headphones or earmuffs could replace needles in some disease testing

By Sid PerkinsAugust 27, 2021

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