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  1. Tech

    A light delay

    New kind of trap can hold light for 1.5 seconds.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Fossils

    Dino-bite!

    Study suggests dinosaur's teeth packed poison.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Environment

    Pollution at the ends of the Earth

    Chemicals are turning up in small Arctic villages far from factories and cities.

    By Douglas Fox
  4. Physics

    Small but WISE

    A new telescope will scan the entire sky and see (infra)red.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Environment

    Watching out for vultures

    Farmers giving medicine to cows are accidentally poisoning vultures, again.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Health & Medicine

    Drugs and zzzzzz’s

    People who take the drug ecstasy are more likely to suffer from a sleeping disorder.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Physics

    Scientists explain mystery of triangular snowflakes

    A snowflake's fall helps determine its shape.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Tech

    Letting molecules do the work

    Why go to the trouble of carefully building electric circuits when the circuits can build themselves?

    By Douglas Fox
  9. Health & Medicine

    The (kids’) eyes have it

    A visual trick opens a window on brain development.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Environment

    Deck the halls with DCA

    A plastic ornament was caught giving off poisonous vapors.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Space

    Moon crash, splash

    NASA scientists smash a rocket into the moon and discover water vapor and ice in a lunar crater.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Plants

    Flower family knows its roots

    Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil.

    By Stephen Ornes
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