Eureka! Lab
A place for discovery
- Health & Medicine
Science-fair finding allows girl to sample a croissant
Some supplements claim they can help people with celiac disease, who cannot digest gluten. But do the pills work? One teen used science to find out.
- Health & Medicine
Which bacteria hang out in belly buttons? Here’s a who’s who
Bacteria are everywhere — even in our belly buttons. One teen at Intel ISEF decided to find out what types people were harboring in their navels.
- Health & Medicine
Teens win big prizes for research on potato killer, vaping and a rare disease
The Regeneron Science Talent Search awarded more than $2 million in prizes this year. This year’s top winners tackled plant disease, vaping and more.
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How to build your dragon — with science
Dragons are creatures of fantasy, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use science to design one.
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These questions inspired science champs. How do you match up?
Fancy science fair projects sometimes seem like they’re only for super-geniuses. But that’s not true! Many rely on what everyone learns in school.
- Chemistry
Knowing what you don’t know can help your grades improve
Students who don’t know much tend to be overconfident. A new study shows how bursting their bubbles can help their grades.
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Researchers reveal their epic fails
Scientists often look successful in their jobs. But everyone has gone through tough times — and overcome them.
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Sage advice from scientists to students
Every scientist was a kid once. Here, they offer their advice to students on making their scientific careers a success.
- Health & Medicine
The five-second rule: Designing an experiment
Is it true that food is still clean if it’s picked up off the floor before five seconds have passed? To find out, we designed an experiment to give us data.
- Health & Medicine
The five-second rule: Growing germs for science
Is it true that food dropped on the floor and picked up after five seconds is clean? To find out, we’re building an incubator and allowing any hitchhiking germs to grow.
- Health & Medicine
The five-second rule: Myth busted?
We’ve done an experiment to test the five-second rule. Now it’s time to analyze the data. Be forewarned: They’re not appetizing.
- Health & Medicine
The five-second rule: Microbes can’t count
A good scientific study compares results to what other scientists have done. These scientists have all debunked the five-second rule.
