Emily Sohn

All Stories by Emily Sohn

  1. Health & Medicine

    Remembering Facts and Feelings

    An inner-brain region called the hippocampus may be the root of memory of both experiences and fact.

  2. Space

    A galaxy far, far, far away

    Astronomers have glimpsed some of the most distant galaxies yet found.

  3. Environment

    Cliff snails and rock climbers

    Rock climbers can accidentally wipe out communities of cliff snails.

  4. Fossils

    Dino-dining dinosaurs

    Some dinosaurs may have actually eaten each other.

  5. Space

    Black holes that burp

    Some black holes in outer space may actually spit out as much material as they suck in.

  6. Environment

    The down side of keeping clean

    Chemicals we use to clean and disinfect could be damaging the environment by killing off algae at the food chain's base.

  7. Earth

    Riding to Earth’s core

    A scientist has thought up a way to send a probe deep into Earth.

  8. Animals

    Childhood chills give bees six left feet

    If the bees are raised in cold temperatures, their dancing skills seem to go down the drain.

  9. Animals

    Shoot the poop

    Some caterpillars get rid of their waste with ballistic force.

  10. Brain

    Watching the Brain Learn to Read

    As kids learn to read, the left side of the brain gradually takes over from the right.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Sea Kids See Clearly Underwater

    Sea-gypsy children spend so much time swimming that their eyes have adapted to improve vision underwater.

  12. Fossils

    Fossil fly from Antarctica

    A tiny fly fossil has turned up about 500 kilometers from the South Pole.