All Stories
- Health & Medicine
Keeping Bugs Away from Food
Cardboard containers coated with citronella oil keep bugs away.
- Humans
An ancient childhood
Knowing what the lives of children were like long ago can help us understand how cultures and societies change.
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- Space
Killers from Outer Space
A newly revised scale rates the risk that an asteroid may crash into Earth and wipe out life as we know it.
- Animals
Glimpses of a Legendary Woodpecker
Long feared extinct, the ivory-billed woodpecker has been spotted in Arkansas.
- Environment
Cleaning up fish farms
Although fish farms can supply lots of food, these operations may also cause pollution and hurt wild populations.
- Animals
Awake at Night
Mutant fruit flies can get by with less sleep than these insects normally need.
- Planets
Solving a Sedna Mystery
Astronomers are learning more about the most-remote object known in the solar system.
- Chemistry
Popping to Perfection
Scientists have uncovered why some popcorn kernels stay unpopped in the microwave.
- Animals
Putting a Mouse on Pause
A gas known as hydrogen sulfide can put mice into a state resembling hibernation.
- Brain
Lightening your mood
Bright light may help some people who are seriously depressed feel better.
