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- Health & Medicine
The buzz about caffeine
Is caffeine bad or good for you? The answer is: a little of both.
- Animals
Color-changing bugs
A species of South American beetle changes color from shiny gold to dull red—and back again.
- Physics
Road bumps
Scientists have discovered why dirt roads develop ridges that make for a bumpy ride.
- Environment
Lessons from a lonely tortoise
In the Galapagos Islands, scientists are struggling to save some of the most endangered creatures in the world.
- Animals
A Wild Ferret Rise
Once nearly extinct, wild black-footed ferrets are making a comeback in Wyoming.
- Animals
Long nose, hopeful future
A chainsaw-nosed creature of the sea finally earns some protection.
- Health & Medicine
Toxic Dirt + Avian Flu = Science Fair Success
Fifteen-year-old Nolan Kamitaki shows what it takes to become one of America's top young scientists.
- Health & Medicine
The electric brain
Electrical implants allowed a brain-damaged man to talk, eat, and move again.
- Chemistry
Super Sticky Power
Scientists have combined the sticking power of geckos and mussels to create an extrasticky material.
- Tech
Slip Sliming Away
Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.
- Tech
Slip sliming away
Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.
- Animals
Polar bears in trouble
Melting ice is bad news for polar bears that live in northern Alaska.
