Emily Sohn
All Stories by Emily Sohn
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Environment
Underwater racket
The oceans are getting louder, and scientists want to know what that means for marine residents.
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Brain
Bullying is an everyday problem
New work is showing that the best way to stop bullying is to keep it from ever starting.
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Health & Medicine
Better living from scorpion venom
Toxins in venom could be used to battle pests, fight cancer, even numb pain.
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Physics
New waves for safe flying
Scientists are perfecting a new generation of airport scanning machines.
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Health & Medicine
What the appendix is good for
Some body parts seem pointless but in fact have purpose.
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Animals
Island of Hope
In a remote village in Fiji, nature and people are working together to save each other.
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Health & Medicine
Got milk? How?
Scientists are tracking down the first people who squeezed this nutritious liquid out of animals thousands of years ago.
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Animals
Penguin pressure
Scientists are racing to learn as much as they can about penguins in the hopes of saving them from an uncertain future.
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Health & Medicine
Kids now getting ‘adult’ disease
More kids are developing diabetes, and obesity is a major reason why.