All Stories by Bethany Brookshire
- Brain
Scientists Say: Hippocampus
The hippocampus is an area of the brain that is essential for forming new memories.
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Confidence in math predicts girls’ participation in STEM
Even with similar grades, high school girls rank themselves less able to handle tough math material. That may steer them away from math and science careers.
- Chemistry
Scientists Say: Isotope
An isotope is a variety of an element that has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons — or neutrally charged particles.
- Brain
Two brain areas team up to make mental maps
To find your way around, you need to remember where you are and plan ahead. A new study shows there’s a brain area for each task.
- Space
Citizen scientists wanted to make an eclipse megamovie
A solar eclipse will cross the United States on August 21, 2017. Video capture by people in the eclipse’s path can help with scientific research.
- Planets
Scientists Say: Eclipse
How the sun, moon and Earth line up determines whether there’s a solar or lunar eclipse.
- Chemistry
Scientists Say: Atomic number
How do you know where an element sits in the periodic table? Count its protons to get its atomic number.
- Plants
Scientists Say: Guttation
When water vapor can’t escape a plant, it might force its way out through a process called guttation.
- Plants
Scientists Say: Stomata
Plants have pores they open and close to let oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor in and out. These pores are called stomata.
- Brain
Scientists Say: Synapse
When brain cells need to pass messages, they do it without touching, across a space called a synapse.
- Psychology
People tend to tune out details of ‘female’ jobs
Stories about people performing ‘women’s’ jobs are less memorable, a teen’s research finds.
- Environment
Cleaning up water that bees like to drink
Plant roots suck up pesticides used on soils, then release them into water that can seep from their leaves. This is a sweetened water that bees love to sip. A teen figured out how to remove most of the pesticide with bits of charcoal.
