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  1. Tech

    Flagging loose bolts

    “Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Environment

    Pee is for power

    The water in urine can be a source of hydrogen for electrical generators.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Tech

    Avoiding ‘hot’ wheels

    Teen designs device that could almost double the life of airplane tires.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Physics

    Light dancing on glass

    New type of material lets light travel across its surface without interruption.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Here comes Swarmageddon!

    This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States

    By Sid Perkins
  6. Animals

    Blending in

    Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise.

    By Eric Niiler
  7. Animals

    Honey’s hidden helper

    Scientists identify a substance in honey that helps bee bodies fight poisons.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Archaeology

    American cannibals

    Skeletal remains of a Jamestown teen show signs of cannibalism in colonial America, new data show. The girl’s skull provides the first concrete support for historical accounts that some starving colonists had resorted to eating the flesh of others.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Health & Medicine

    Inspired medical research

    Teens make real advances in biomedical science.

    By Kellyn Betts
  10. Animals

    Motion in the ocean

    Scientists figure out why pulsing corals pulse.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Brain

    Perfect pacifier

    In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Tech

    ‘Print’ almost anything

    3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts.

    By Stephen Ornes