All Stories
- Brain
The brain looks at the bright side of things
Scientists find good news changes people’s predictions more than bad news.
- Planets
Ripples in one of Saturn’s rings
Scientists study pattern created by 600-year-old comet crash.
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- Environment
Ozone hits a new low
Scientists discover a major thinning in the protective atmosphere over Arctic.
- Science & Society
Introducing the 2011 Nobel Prize winners
Scientists in 2011 won for making unexpected discoveries about crystals, the human body and the universe.
- Earth
Big rocks’ balancing acts
Scientists study how balanced boulders resist falling over — and what that may say about earthquakes.
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- Chemistry
DEET confuses mosquitoes
Scientists suspect the repellant messes with a mosquito’s sense of smell.
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Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists
Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization.
