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- Climate
Could climate change worsen global conflict?
Famine, natural disasters and sea-level rise can all disrupt societies. These can add pressure to unstable regions — sometimes to the point of prompting wars.
- Physics
Meteorites may be excavating lunar water
When meteorites hit the moon, water is released from the moon’s soil. That suggests the moon has water buried all across its surface.
- Animals
Geneticists get closer to knowing how mosquitoes sniff out our sweat
Scientists have found that a protein in the antennae of some mosquitoes detects a chemical in human sweat.
- Math
Science is helping kids become math masters
Some researchers study video games, students’ posture and more as a means to help kids become better and more comfortable with math.
- Animals
Scientists Say: Guinea worm
Scientists and health care workers are working to eradicate this parasite, which causes a painful condition called Guinea worm disease.
- Health & Medicine
How a year in space affected Scott Kelly’s health
Nearly a year in space changed Scott Kelly’s genes, brain function and more, NASA’s Twin Study shows.
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Transgender researchers want to make an impact
Transgender scientists and engineers face extra hurdles. But they are gaining support. And trans researchers are finding peers through meetings and social media.
- Animals
Testing mosquito pee could help track disease spread
A new way to monitor the viruses that wild mosquitoes have picked up passes its first outdoor test. The method uses mosquito urine.
- Science & Society
Proud to be different in STEM
Scientists and engineers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer are facing ongoing challenges but finding their way.
- Chemistry
Studies show how homes can pollute indoor air
Cooking, cleaning, applying makeup or deodorant and other activities may sometimes leave indoor air as polluted — or worse — than outdoor air, new research suggests.
- Space
Scientists Say: Space weather
It may not be cloudy with a chance of rain, but space has weather too. Wind and ejections from the sun can send charged particles toward the Earth, knocking out our electricity.
- Archaeology
Fossils from a Philippine cave may come from a new human-like species
Ancient fossils from a Philippine cave may come from a new human-like species, which scientists have dubbed Homo luzonensis.
