All Stories
- Brain
Learning in your sleep
Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells.
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- Brain
Fooling the mind’s eye
Brain scientists find they have much to learn from magicians and their tricks.
- Climate
Seal scientists
Elephant seals help climate scientists understand deepwater heating around Antarctica.
- Chemistry
Sniffing for bad air
Handheld carbon dioxide sensor can help identify classrooms with unhealthy ventilation rates.
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- Animals
Cool Jobs: Scents of science
Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’
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- Climate
A record Arctic melt
Satellites show summer 2012 sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean shrunk to a record low.
- Science & Society
Pathways to research: Problem-solving
Students can find inspiration for their research almost anywhere. Newspapers, magazines and even TV are good places to start.
- Chemistry
Heat-resistant makeup
New recipe for camouflage face paint could protect soldiers against burns from bomb blasts.
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