All Stories
- 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.
- Space
What Comets Are Made Of
Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.
- Animals
Polar bears in trouble
Melting ice is bad news for polar bears that live in northern Alaska.
- Life
What Comets Are Made Of
Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.
- Climate
The best defense is a good snow fence
Science fair superstar Erica David shows how fences that trap snow can help the environment.
- Animals
The History of Meow
Scientists have traced the history of housecats back to a wild species of cat that lived in the Near East thousands of years ago.
- Brain
Nice Chimps
Like people, chimpanzees (and babies) seem to help each other out, just because it feels good to be generous.
