All Stories
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Environment
Cliff snails and rock climbers
Rock climbers can accidentally wipe out communities of cliff snails.
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Space
Black holes that burp
Some black holes in outer space may actually spit out as much material as they suck in.
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Environment
The down side of keeping clean
Chemicals we use to clean and disinfect could be damaging the environment by killing off algae at the food chain's base.
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Fossils
Fossil fly from Antarctica
A tiny fly fossil has turned up about 500 kilometers from the South Pole.
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Tech
Eating up foul sewage smells
Bacteria can break down the chemical responsible for sewage's rotten-egg smell.
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Earth
Riding to Earth’s core
A scientist has thought up a way to send a probe deep into Earth.
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Earth
Quick quake alerts
A system of detectors could provide a few seconds warning that an earthquake is coming.
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Animals
Childhood chills give bees six left feet
If the bees are raised in cold temperatures, their dancing skills seem to go down the drain.
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Brain
Watching the Brain Learn to Read
As kids learn to read, the left side of the brain gradually takes over from the right.
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Health & Medicine
Sea Kids See Clearly Underwater
Sea-gypsy children spend so much time swimming that their eyes have adapted to improve vision underwater.
By Emily Sohn