All Stories
- Climate
Hot summer for a cold island
A rare heat wave rolled over Greenland in July, thawing its ice and snow.
- Fossils
New Jurassic flier
Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs.
- Animals
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.
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- Genetics
DNA hints at ancient cousins
Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans.
- Microbes
Surprising rabies resistance
Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.
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Cool Jobs: Wild science
Kathy Young at Toronto’s York University studies how water moves within Earth’s environment, from the air to deep underground.
- Science & Society
Airports that speed germs’ spread
Scientists identify which U.S airports are able to spread disease most effectively.
- Health & Medicine
Bye-bye, egg allergy
Eating tiny amounts of eggs helps some children overcome their egg allergy.
- Climate
Iron versus climate change
Metal deposits can promote the growth of ocean algae that gobble greenhouse gas.
- Tech
Curiosity lands on Mars!
NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life
- Physics
No more bubble trouble
Dolphin’s clicks help scientists sort through confusing underwater noises.
