Emily Sohn

All Stories by Emily Sohn

  1. Health & Medicine

    Disease Detectives

    This year's top young scientists faced medical challenges in labs at the National Institutes of Health.

  2. Tech

    Space umbrellas to shield Earth

    A swarm of small spacecraft could help protect Earth from the sun's rays.

  3. Tech

    A New Basketball Gets Slick

    Sweat seems to make a new basketball for professional players more slippery.

  4. Math

    Math of the World

    There's math in Native American beadwork, African fabrics, modern music, and even cornrow hairstyles.

  5. Animals

    Decoding how bees work

    Analyzing the DNA code of honeybees may lead to a better understanding of bee societies.

  6. Fossils

    Battling Mastodons

    Marks on fossil tusks suggest that male mastodons were fierce warriors.

  7. Brain

    Internet Generation

    For kids, the online world can be helpful in some ways and dangerous in others.

  8. Brain

    The Science Fair Circuit

    For some kids, entering science fairs is like eating cookies. It's hard to stop at just one.

  9. Plants

    A Change in Leaf Color

    Leaves go to a lot of trouble to turn red in the fall.

  10. Animals

    Sea Giants and Island Pygmies

    Food supply may help decide an animal's natural size on an island or in the ocean.

  11. Brain

    Copycat Monkeys

    When you stick out your tongue, a baby monkey will follow your lead.

  12. Animals

    Roach love songs

    Some male cockroaches whistle at females to get their attention.