Science & Society
- Health & Medicine
Teens win big for pollution control and HIV detection
Ah-choo! The 2015 Intel ISEF competition’s top winner designed a way to curb germs on planes. Two other big winners invented ways to detect HIV early and to corral oil spills at sea.
- Science & Society
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair kicks off
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair brought together more than 1700 kids from around the world to share their science project. We live-tweeted the opening ceremony.
- Fossils
Ritual cannibalism occurred in Stone Age England
Stone Age human bones from a cave in England show signs of cannibalism. The people had been eaten during burial rituals nearly 15,000 years ago, experts say.
- Humans
Neandertals create oldest jewelry in Europe
Adorned with all-natural signs of power: eagle claws. Holes in these claws show that Neandertals had been strung them together, like beads, as jewelry.
- Science & Society
Teens win top awards, as told on Twitter
Eureka! Lab live-tweeted the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search gala. Check out the finalists and winners.
- Science & Society
Most students wrong on risks of smoking occasionally
Teens know that heavy smoking can seriously harm health. But most, a new study finds, don’t realize that smoking only now and then also is harmful. Data from a survey highlight teens’ mistaken ideas about the risks of intermittent smoking.
- Science & Society
A teacher’s guide to mentoring in STEM
Many people in STEM careers credit mentors for their success. But a good mentor is more than just a teacher.
- Climate
World leaders call for action on climate change
This week, the presidents of China and the United States pledged to take aggressive action on the release of greenhouse gases to head off dire worldwide climate effects.
- Science & Society
Check out the Broadcom MASTERS awards ceremony
Last night saw the award ceremony of the Broadcom MASTERS, an annual science competition for middle school science. The honorees received awards and recounted an unforgettable experience.
- Humans
Stone Age stencils: Really old art
Scientists thought that cave art started in Europe. New analyses now dash that assessment. Stencils in an Indonesian cave are every bit as old as the better-known drawings in caves in France and Spain.
- Physics
How science saved the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was an engineering masterpiece. But Parisians initially thought it too ugly to let stand for more than 20 years. So Eiffel made the tower a bastion of science. And that would soon ensure that the structure was too valuable to tear down.
- Science & Society
Teen wins Nobel for support of educating girls
Malala Yousafzai survived an attempt on her life by extremists who protested her efforts to see that girls be allowed to go to school. Upon recovery, she expanded her outreach to beyond her Pakistani homeland. She has just become the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner.
