All Stories
- Planets
A diamond planet?
Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth.
- Health & Medicine
Healthier mice, through X-rays
In sickly mice, small doses of radiation helped while vitamins harmed.
- Climate
The high life
The sky is full of microscopic life, some of which might even trigger rain or snow.
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- Tech
How to stop a speeding bullet
Scientists take a close look at a plastic that has Superman’s ability to stop a speeding bullet.
- Space
Twinkle, twinkle oldest stars
Astronomers find traces of ancient light in the activity of bright, distant galaxies.
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Pathways to research: Pursuing a passion
Young scientists get creative with their after-school work
- Fossils
Shoulder bones fuel debate
Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground.
- Climate
Evolution of a Frankenstorm
Huge, late October hurricane turned into a superstorm that savaged much of the eastern United States.
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- Fossils
A fishy mammal ID
For more than a century, the fossilized skull of an ancient fish was misidentified as a primate.
