Emily Sohn

All Stories by Emily Sohn

  1. Tech

    Bionic Bacteria

    Living, gold-coated bacteria can act as humidity sensors.

  2. Tech

    A change in time

    To help save energy, daylight saving time in the year 2007 will start earlier and end later than it does now.

  3. Tech

    Robots on the Road, Again

    Five driverless vehicles completed a 130-mile race across rugged desert terrain.

  4. Animals

    A Spider’s Taste for Blood

    Certain jumping spiders prey on mosquitoes that have drawn blood from animals.

  5. Health & Medicine

    From stem cell to any cell

    The search is on for ways to use stem cells to treat injuries and cure diseases.

  6. Humans

    Stone tablet may solve Maya mystery

    A panel covered with hieroglyphs appears to connect little-known ruins with an ancient Maya city.

  7. Planets

    Saturn’s Spongy Moon

    Close-up views of Saturn's moon Hyperion reveal a strangely cratered surface that looks spongy.

  8. Earth

    Detecting an eerie sea glow

    At night, glowing bacteria can give large areas of the sea a surreal milky color.

  9. Tech

    Electric Backpack

    A new type of backpack generates electricity as you walk.

  10. Tech

    The Disappearing Newspaper

    Young people are turning to new technologies and sources other than newspapers to keep up with what's going on.

  11. Humans

    Rodent rubbish as an Ice-Age thermometer

    Fossilized garbage piles left behind by pack rats provide clues about temperatures long ago.

  12. Animals

    Bee heat cooks invaders

    Certain honeybees in Asia use their body heat to kill attacking wasps.