All Stories
- Animals
Cannibal Crickets
Hunger and danger keep a certain type of cricket hopping along in large swarms.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Spotlight on an Exploding Star
A sudden burst of radiation has drawn astronomers to the early stages of a star explosion.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Taking a Spill for Science
Studying how and why people fall provides insights into movement and balance.
By Emily Sohn - Humans
Big woman of the distant past
A Stone Age skeleton represents our largest known female ancestor.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Storm on Saturn
A spacecraft photographed the most powerful storm ever seen on Saturn.
By Emily Sohn - Environment
Coral gardens
An expedition to an undersea mountain reveals large corals, brilliant sponges, and other strange sea creatures.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Sizing up Pluto’s moon
Pluto's rocky moon Charon appears to lack an atmosphere.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Killer Flatworms Hunt with Poison
A newly discovered flatworm uses poison to hunt small, shelled sea creatures.
By Emily Sohn - Computing
Programming with Alice
Creating animated movies provides a fun way to learn how to program a computer.
By Emily Sohn -
FossilsA dino king’s ancestor
Researchers have unearthed remains of the oldest known dinosaur of the tyrannosaur family.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Beyond bar codes
A new tracking technology uses plastic tags that pick up and respond to radio waves.
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