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Scientists Say: Your weekly word
This glossary provides definitions and audio clips to help you learn and pronounce even the toughest science terms.
- Tech
The Incredible Shrunken Kids
Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop superfast computers, amazing materials, and tiny robots.
- Earth
Deep drilling at sea
Drilling holes deep into the seafloor unveils the ocean's past and hints at Earth's future.
- Brain
Internet Generation
For kids, the online world can be helpful in some ways and dangerous in others.
- Tech
The Incredible Shrunken Kids
Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop superfast computers, amazing materials, and tiny robots.
- Tech
Toy Challenge
A toy design contest encourages both girls and boys to take an interest in engineering.
- Tech
Surviving Olympic Heat
Athletes competing in the Athens Olympic Games will rely on training and new technology to cope with high temperatures.
- Tech
Riding Sunlight
A solar sail spacecraft relies on sunlight instead of wind to cruise through space.
- Animals
The buzz about mosquitoes
Learning more about mosquitoes can help us control the blood-sucking insects and prevent deadly diseases.
- Animals
Prime time for cicadas
Researchers are tracking down why some types of cicadas emerge in vast numbers only once every 17 years.
- Tech
Slip Sliming Away
Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.
- Space
Black hole journey
Research on weird, invisible objects called black holes might help explain how the universe began.
