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- Animals
Animal CSI or from science lab to crime lab
Scientists are finding new ways to help stop poachers from hunting endangered animals.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Diving, rolling and floating, alligator style
Alligators use the muscles around their lungs in a surprising way—to help them move quickly and smoothly through the swamps and waterways in which they live.
- Health & Medicine
Mind-reading machine
Researchers have used brain scans to measure how the brain "sees" pictures—and to try to predict what a person is looking at.
- Chemistry
Explainer: What are oxidants and antioxidants?
Certain chemicals, including many in foods, fight chemical reactions that could harm cells in the body and in wildlife.
By Janet Raloff - Health & Medicine
How super are superfruits?
Fruits are good for you, but some advertisements claim that certain fruits are especially nutritious. Is there science to support the superfruit hype?
By Emily Sohn - Space
Ready, set, supernova
For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of exploding.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Music in the brain
Scientists have uncovered a pattern of brain activity that may tune up musical improvisation.
By Emily Sohn - Ecosystems
When fungi and algae marry
Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.
By Emily Sohn - Earth
Deep history
Scientists have gained new clues about when the Grand Canyon formed.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Cell phone tattlers
DNA evidence left on cell phones can help detectives solve crimes.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Deep krill
Scientists were surprised to find Antarctic krill lurking at the bottom of the sea.
By Emily Sohn