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  1. Physics

    Light dancing on glass

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Animals

    Here comes Swarmageddon!

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

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Animals

    Blending in

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

    By Eric Niiler
  4. Animals

    Honey’s hidden helper

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. 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
  6. Health & Medicine

    Inspired medical research

    Teens make real advances in biomedical science.

    By Kellyn Betts
  7. Animals

    Motion in the ocean

    Scientists figure out why pulsing corals pulse.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Brain

    Perfect pacifier

    In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. 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

  10. Teacher’s Questions for ‘Print’ almost anything

    By Science News Explores
  11. Health & Medicine

    New life for a used organ

    Scientists transplant a rebuilt kidney into a rat.

    By Stephen Ornes

  12. Science on the South Lawn

    The White House hosts scores of student researchers.

    By Sid Perkins