All Stories
- Life
Life trapped under a glacier
At Antarctica’s Blood Falls, scientists study microbes living in a dark and salty home.
- Fossils
Have shell, will travel
Fossilized tracks left by early land-dwelling animals reveal they brought shells ashore.
- Health & Medicine
Kids now getting ‘adult’ disease
More kids are developing diabetes, and obesity is a major reason why.
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- Environment
Springing forward
Climate change affects the timing of flowering, migration and other natural cycles, meaning spring is coming earlier in many parts of the world.
- Animals
A grim future for some killer whales
An oil spill off the U.S. coast 20 years ago still threatens marine life.
- Space
The Earth-bound asteroid scientists saw coming
History-making asteroid tracked from space to its fiery demise in an African desert.
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- Health & Medicine
Treating peanut allergy bit by bit
New study offers a little hope in reducing an allergy to peanuts, but don't try this at home.
- Fossils
Meet the new dinos
Fossil finds reveal a tiny, meat-eating species and another with featherlike features.
- Brain
Reading a mind’s memories
By looking at patterns on brain scans, scientists can "see" where a person has been.
- Animals
Bringing fish back up to size
Changing the way we fish may help rescue a population's shrinking fish.
