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  1. Wordfind for Mummies share their secrets

    By Science News Explores

  2. Teacher’s Questions for Mummy Share their Secrets

    By Science News Explores
  3. Environment

    Ozone hits a new low

    Scientists discover a major thinning in the protective atmosphere over Arctic.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Science & Society

    Introducing the 2011 Nobel Prize winners

    Scientists in 2011 won for making unexpected discoveries about crystals, the human body and the universe.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Earth

    Big rocks’ balancing acts

    Scientists study how balanced boulders resist falling over — and what that may say about earthquakes.

    By Douglas Fox

  6. Balancing Rocks Wordfind

    By Science News Explores

  7. Teacher’s Questions for Balancing Rocks Feature

    By Science News Explores
  8. Chemistry

    DEET confuses mosquitoes

    Scientists suspect the repellant messes with a mosquito’s sense of smell.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Physics

    Breaking the universal speed limit

    Particles appear to race faster than the speed of light.

    By Stephen Ornes

  10. Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists

    Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli

  11. Cars of the Future Teacher’s Questions

    By Science News Explores
  12. Environment

    Cleaning clothes dirties oceans

    Washing polyester fabrics sends plastics to sea.

    By Stephen Ornes