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Interview: Studying rivers means wading into more than just water
Geology assistant professor Anne Jefferson talks with Eureka! Lab about what she does, why she does it and why she dyed a stream purple for science.
- Chemistry
Self-forming envelope holds fluids
These plastic-laced water molecules can create their own protective shell. That can make capsules for holding drugs or for hosting chemical reactions.
- Health & Medicine
Veggies: A radiation shield
Here’s another reason to eat broccoli and related veggies: They protect the body’s cells from killer radiation — at least in rats.
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Teachers: Can they be eco-villains?
Science teachers across the country use species in the classroom that are not native to their area. Releasing them into the wild could pose a threat to native species.
- Animals
True vampires
Forget Count Dracula or Twilight’s Edward and Bella. Many creatures have a true thirst for blood, and here’s why.
- Animals
Vampires’ gift of ‘blood honey’
A Maryland biologist probes the unusual dining behaviors of a blood-thirsty bat.
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Students invent safer school lock
With school shootings all-too-frequently in the news, students decided to engineer an improved system to safeguard their classrooms.
- Brain
‘Study drugs’ can be dangerous
The misuse of these ADHD medicines not only constitutes cheating, but they can become addictive and can mess with your head.
- Health & Medicine
Mining medicine from poop
Researchers find a much less yucky way to treat people with a common killer infection.
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Everyone’s a scientist at GeekGirlCon!
A new Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ScienceZone at Seattle’s GeekGirlCon allowed me and other scientists take fun science activities to the people. We also hoped to show there’s no one stereotype of what a scientist looks like.
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High school student finds baby dino
A high school student has found one of the most complete specimens of a baby hadrosaur ever seen. The discovery gives us new ways to look at a famous dinosaur.
- Chemistry
Grape scents repel mosquitoes
Safer than DEET, the new compounds could lead to insect repellents that would be affordable even in poor regions where mosquitoes carry malaria.
