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Comic artist brings invasive species to the funny pages
Jan Eliot, the artist of the comic strip “Stone Soup,” heard about a study showing that teachers release invasive species into local habitats. She decided to write an educational comic about invasive species.
- Plants
Gold can grow on trees
Australian researchers found leafy nano-evidence pointing to rich deposits of the precious metal deep below ground.
- Science & Society
Explainer: Inspirations — from Tom Swift to tomatoes
Childhood interests may lead to a career imagining how the future could play out
- Science & Society
Explainer: Some schools already teach future studies
Good preparation for working in this field may require more than a firm grounding in science or engineering.
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Science education video series brings evolution to life
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has released a new video series on evolution that brings science to the classroom.
- Health & Medicine
Cancers like it cool
Get that mouse a sweater! A chilly environment suppresses the immune system in mice. This can foster cancer growth, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
HIV: Reversing a death sentence
New research suggests the infection, while serious, can be treated — and maybe cured.
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Can you build the next chemistry set?
A new competition from the Society for Science & the Public is out to reinvent one of science’s most beloved traditions.
- Physics
X-ray ‘eyes’
Movie directors often make “short” subjects, flicks running sometimes just a few minutes or so. But scientists have begun making much quicker “shorts,” essentially nanofilms. Their goal: catching science in action.
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Interview: On doing science and bringing others in
Eureka! Lab interviews Caleph Wilson, a postdoctoral researcher who studies immunology. We find out what immunology is, what he does and why he thinks outreach to young people is essential.
- Earth
Energy companies triggered quakes, study says
Injecting carbon dioxide underground seems like a good way to slow down global warming. A new study shows, however, that the process could trigger earthquakes.
- Brain
Seeing without light
Many people report seeing their own hands moving in the dark, a new study finds. In these people, brain areas responsible for motion appear to fool vision centers into seeing what they would have — if there had been enough light to do so.
