All Stories by Emily Sohn
- Health & Medicine
The electric brain
Electrical implants allowed a brain-damaged man to talk, eat, and move again.
- Chemistry
Super Sticky Power
Scientists have combined the sticking power of geckos and mussels to create an extrasticky material.
- Tech
Slip sliming away
Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.
- Tech
Slip Sliming Away
Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.
- Space
What Comets Are Made Of
Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.
- Life
What Comets Are Made Of
Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.
- Animals
Polar bears in trouble
Melting ice is bad news for polar bears that live in northern Alaska.
- Climate
The best defense is a good snow fence
Science fair superstar Erica David shows how fences that trap snow can help the environment.
- Animals
The History of Meow
Scientists have traced the history of housecats back to a wild species of cat that lived in the Near East thousands of years ago.
- Brain
Nice Chimps
Like people, chimpanzees (and babies) seem to help each other out, just because it feels good to be generous.
- Fossils
A big, weird dino
A newly discovered genus of feathered dinosaurs was surprisingly huge and heavy for its shape.
- Computing
The Shape of the Internet
The web of connections that makes up the Internet looks a lot like a medusa jellyfish.
