All Stories
- Environment
Coral gardens
An expedition to an undersea mountain reveals large corals, brilliant sponges, and other strange sea creatures.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Killer Flatworms Hunt with Poison
A newly discovered flatworm uses poison to hunt small, shelled sea creatures.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Sizing up Pluto’s moon
Pluto's rocky moon Charon appears to lack an atmosphere.
By Emily Sohn - Computing
Programming with Alice
Creating animated movies provides a fun way to learn how to program a computer.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Beyond bar codes
A new tracking technology uses plastic tags that pick up and respond to radio waves.
By Emily Sohn - Fossils
A dino king’s ancestor
Researchers have unearthed remains of the oldest known dinosaur of the tyrannosaur family.
By Emily Sohn -
- Animals
Poor Devils
When Tasmanian devils bite each other, they may pass on a fatal disease.
By Emily Sohn - Climate
Warmest year on record
Last year's worldwide average temperature was the highest ever recorded by scientists.
- Health & Medicine
Eating Troubles
Researchers are zeroing in on what causes certain people to see food as the enemy.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Red Apes in Danger
The population of orangutans in northeastern Borneo appears to be falling rapidly.
By Emily Sohn - Chemistry
Mother-of-Pearl on Ice
Scientists have found a way to copy the mother-of-pearl structures that oysters make.
By Emily Sohn