All Stories by Stephen Ornes
- Space
Watching deep-space fireworks
An orbiting telescope records the universe’s most powerful explosions.
- Animals
Sponges’ secret weapon
An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.
- Tech
Supergoo to the rescue
The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.
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- Physics
Earth from the inside out
An invisible particle sheds light on the mysterious interior of the Earth.
- Animals
Between a rock and a wet place
If you're a fish that climbs waterfalls, is it better to have a squat body, or be tall and a fast swimmer?
- Physics
Hold on to your stars, ladies and gentlemen
Our galaxy is heavier and spinning much faster than scientists thought.
- Space
Meteorites may have sparked life on Earth
A collision of extraterrestrial objects and Earth’s ancient oceans could have produced raw materials for life.
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