All Stories
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- Environment
Water’s worldwide travels
Scientists track the movement of ‘virtual water,’ used in the production of goods and exchanged among nations.
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- Environment
Suffocating waters
Coastal animals around the world are spending more time in or around waters with too little oxygen.
- Fossils
Dino drama
Scientists study skulls to determine whether Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different species.
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- Earth
Twist and shake
A new look at the shape of the San Andreas Fault suggests future earthquakes may be stronger than previously thought.
- Fossils
Early toehold on land
A five-toed fossil now holds the record for smallest, oldest foot ever found.
- Plants
Ancient flower blooms again
Scientists have found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia — a region covering central and eastern Russia — for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze.
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Young scientists win big in Washington
2012 Intel Science Talent Search recognizes the nation’s top high school researchers.
- Physics
Too fast to be true
Last September, scientists working on an Italian experiment called OPERA reported a measurement that seemed too amazing to be true. Their finding involved neutrinos, supersmall and ultrafast particles that can travel through almost anything without stopping. The scientists measured the speeds of neutrinos that zipped from one underground laboratory to another and reported that the zippy little particles traveled faster than light. In November, they repeated the experiment and got the same results.
- Animals
Can’t touch this: Unusual venomous creatures
Scientists study a cast of creatures to learn how to use toxins to treat pain and disease.
