Emily Sohn
All Stories by Emily Sohn
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Planets
A very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
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Brain
Nature May Nurture Paying Attention
A green environment can help kids with attention disorders concentrate.
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Space
Searching for alien life
A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.
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Animals
Owls use dung to lure beetles
A burrowing owl spreads dung around its nest to attract beetles.
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Animals
superfast muscles for cooing doves
To coo, a dove's muscles have to contract and relax amazingly quickly.
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Brain
Reading problems show cultural differences
The language you use may affect the type of reading problem you have.
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Planets
Planet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
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Earth
Ice Age melting and rising seas
Ice melted in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres during ice-age warm-ups.
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Environment
Fishing for fun takes toll
Sportfishing can account for a surprisingly large part of the catch of certain types of saltwater fish.
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Psychology
Worlds of self-esteem
The way you feel about yourself can affect what other people think of you.
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Planets
Saturn’s New Moons
The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.