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  1. Physics

    The hottest soup in New York

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Chemistry

    Cold, colder and coldest ice

    Electric charge can change the temperature at which water freezes.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Animals

    The case of the hairy eyeball

    Pet tarantulas don't need venom to express irritation.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Tech

    The science of disappearing

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Pipefish power from mom

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Health & Medicine

    Physics of running bared

    Running without shoes softens the blow.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Earth

    Watering the air

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Brain

    Teaching Math, teaching anxiety

    Teachers' math worries could affect students' performance.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Animals

    Island of Hope

    In a remote village in Fiji, nature and people are working together to save each other.

    By Emily Sohn
  10. Tech

    Supersonic Splash

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

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Plants

    Surprise Visitor

    Newly discovered cricket pollinates orchids in nighttime rendezvous.

    By Stephen Ornes

  12. Young scientists at the state of the union address

    Two winners of national science contests invited to attend Jan. 27 speech.

    By Laura Sanders