All Stories
- Space
Red dwarfs in the neighborhood
Astronomers have found 20 previously unknown star systems in Earth's galactic neighborhood.
- Space
Secrets of an ancient computer
A 2000-year-old astronomical computer could calculate planetary positions and predict eclipses.
- Animals
Lives of a mole rat
The toothy mammals known as mole rats have highly unusual bodies, brains, and social lives.
- Tech
Nonstop Robot
A new, four-legged robot can recover from damage to its own body and keep on walking.
- Animals
Chicken talk
Chickens can make meaningful sounds that, like words, refer to objects around them.
- Tech
Putting the squeeze on toothpaste
Studying the structure of toothpaste leads to new products that can make your teeth cleaner.
- Health & Medicine
Hot Pepper, Hot Spider
Hot peppers and spider venom can cause the same sort of painful burning sensation.
- Space
Sharp Eye on the Sun
An X-ray telescope aboard the recently launched Hinode spacecraft is capturing detailed images of the sun.
- Health & Medicine
Disease Detectives
This year's top young scientists faced medical challenges in labs at the National Institutes of Health.
- Tech
Space umbrellas to shield Earth
A swarm of small spacecraft could help protect Earth from the sun's rays.
- Tech
A New Basketball Gets Slick
Sweat seems to make a new basketball for professional players more slippery.
- Math
Math of the World
There's math in Native American beadwork, African fabrics, modern music, and even cornrow hairstyles.
