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  1. Tech

    Charged cars that would charge

    Electric vehicles could give power to the grid.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Health & Medicine

    Making light of sleep

    Teens are prone to sleep problems, but a little sunshine could help.

    By Susan Gaidos
  3. Fossils

    Message in a dinosaur’s teeth

    Giant dino that was T. rex rival may have spent most of its time in the water.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Physics

    The hottest soup in New York

    A quark-gluon plasma reaches the highest temperature ever measured in a lab.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Chemistry

    Cold, colder and coldest ice

    Electric charge can change the temperature at which water freezes.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Animals

    The case of the hairy eyeball

    Pet tarantulas don't need venom to express irritation.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Tech

    The science of disappearing

    Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Animals

    Pipefish power from mom

    When pop's a shrimp of a fish, mom passes on extra protein boost.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Health & Medicine

    Physics of running bared

    Running without shoes softens the blow.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Earth

    Watering the air

    Crop irrigation and farming practices could mean a cooler, wetter Midwest.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Brain

    Teaching Math, teaching anxiety

    Teachers' math worries could affect students' performance.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Tech

    Supersonic Splash

    Coming soon to a pond near you: air moving faster than the speed of sound.

    By Stephen Ornes