Emily Sohn

All Stories by Emily Sohn

  1. Humans

    A Long Haul

    A new study of stone tools suggests that ancient Polynesian sea voyagers traveled thousands of miles in their canoes.

  2. Planets

    Wet or Not?

    New evidence lowers the chances of finding water on Mars.

  3. Fossils

    Feathered fossils

    Scientists have discovered evidence of feathers on one of the biggest dinosaurs yet.

  4. Tech

    Listen and learn

    Sound experts give noisy classrooms a failing grade.

  5. Animals

    Bee Disease

    Scientists may have found one reason why honeybees have been disappearing from the United States.

  6. Planets

    Planet Survivor

    Scientists have discovered a planet outside our solar system that survived the rapid growth of its parent star.

  7. Health & Medicine

    The buzz about caffeine

    Is caffeine bad or good for you? The answer is: a little of both.

  8. Animals

    Color-changing bugs

    A species of South American beetle changes color from shiny gold to dull red—and back again.

  9. Physics

    Road bumps

    Scientists have discovered why dirt roads develop ridges that make for a bumpy ride.

  10. Animals

    A Wild Ferret Rise

    Once nearly extinct, wild black-footed ferrets are making a comeback in Wyoming.

  11. Animals

    Long nose, hopeful future

    A chainsaw-nosed creature of the sea finally earns some protection.

  12. Health & Medicine

    Toxic Dirt + Avian Flu = Science Fair Success

    Fifteen-year-old Nolan Kamitaki shows what it takes to become one of America's top young scientists.

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