All Stories
- Fossils
Hunting by sucking, long ago
An ancient sea creature with a snakelike neck may have sucked up its prey.
- Earth
Drilling deep for fuel
Stores of natural gas created by high temperatures and pressures may nestle deep in Earth's mantle.
- Climate
Recipe for a hurricane
Predicting how, when, and where major storms will occur can help save lives.
- Brain
Nature May Nurture Paying Attention
A green environment can help kids with attention disorders concentrate.
- Planets
A very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
- Space
Searching for alien life
A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.
- Animals
superfast muscles for cooing doves
To coo, a dove's muscles have to contract and relax amazingly quickly.
- Animals
Owls use dung to lure beetles
A burrowing owl spreads dung around its nest to attract beetles.
- Tech
Are propellers fin-ished?
The fins and flippers of penguins and other marine animals inspire new ways to propel watercraft.
- Brain
Reading problems show cultural differences
The language you use may affect the type of reading problem you have.
- Planets
Planet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
- Earth
Deep drilling at sea
Drilling holes deep into the seafloor unveils the ocean's past and hints at Earth's future.
