All Stories by Bethany Brookshire
- Animals
Scientists Say: Kakapo
This is a flightless parrot that lives in New Zealand. Unfortunately, there are only 154 of them left.
- Health & Medicine
Many women take unnecessary risks with sky-high heels
A teen’s study confirms that women wearing high heels are more likely to fall than when wearing flats. She also found — surprise — that men tend to prefer women in flats.
- Earth
Scientists Say: Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology that looks at how rock layers are organized to understand how the world has changed over time.
- Agriculture
Barnyard science: Check out this fowl research
New research shows how to store eggs, insulate homes with chicken feathers and slow fires with shells.
- Health & Medicine
Catching sports cheaters with a doping detector
Doping athletes often don’t get caught until after the competition is over. These two teens decided to come up with a faster test.
- Brain
Belly bacteria can shape mood and behavior
Our guts and our brains are in constant communication with the goal of managing a whole lot more than food digestion. Their conversations can affect stress, behaviors — even memory.
- Health & Medicine
Explainer: What is the vagus?
The vagus nerve runs from the brain all through the body. It controls many basic functions, including how fast the heart beats.
- Ecosystems
A robotic fish could help mangroves grow
Reforested mangroves don’t always grow well. To figure out why, two teens built a robotic mudskipper to measure the mud.
- Brain
Not all social media sites are equally likely to provoke anxiety
Most teens are on social media. Could these sites cause anxiety? A teen checks it out — and finds big differences.
- Science & Society
Science may help keep a ballerina on her toes
Ballerinas can go through a pair of shoes every performance. To make her shoes last a little longer, one teen reinforced them with carbon fibers.
- Tech
Scientists Say: Engineering
Want to build a bridge, clean dirty water, make a new drug or build a machine? You’re going to need an engineer — someone who uses science and math to solve practical problems.
- Animals
Hunting hidden salamanders with eDNA
The Japanese clouded salamander is an elusive beast. To find a new population, three teens turned to high-tech methods.
