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Tech

Strong and slimy

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish.

Tech

Science for all

STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — makes careers blossom

Earth

Surprising hot springs

Scientists find shallow source of water for volcano’s hot springs.

Earth

Less ice, more seawater

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms.

Math

Cool Jobs: Math as entertainment

At DreamWorks Animation (and previously at another company called Digital Domain) Nafees Bin Zafar creates software used to make the special effects in motion pictures — and sometimes cartoons — look as realistic as possible.

Planets

Ice on Mercury

MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun.

Environment

Trees on the edge

Serious drought is a threat to most trees, worldwide survey finds.

Animals

When the nose no longer knows

Pollution can endanger aquatic animals by damaging their sense of smell.

Health & Medicine

Ebola in the air

A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys.

Climate

Twister science

Meteorologists are learning what makes a tornado.