All Stories
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Science & Society
Scientist profile: Leroy Hood
The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge.
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Book Review: Science Fair Season
Review of Science Fair Season: Twelve Kids, a Robot Named Scorch . . . and What It Takes to Win.
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Fossils
Dangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
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Environment
Busy bacteria leave big mark
Earth’s earliest life-forms built mounds on an Antarctic lake bottom.
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Computing
Watson a game-changer for science
Supercomputer outsmarts humans in historic Jeopardy! competition.
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Space
The dark side of the universe
Most of the cosmos is invisible, but that doesn’t stop scientists from searching for it.