MS-ESS3-3
Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
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Animals
An enemy in the cave
Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery.
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Health & Medicine
Sunlight worsens jet pollution
Chemical reactions caused by the sun’s rays worsen air pollution from idling jets at airports.
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Materials Science
Battery powered to heal
With its own first-aid kit, this battery can really keep going.
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Environment
Planting seeds for better plastic
Scientists are working to put the bio in plastics.
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Fossils
Downsized dinosaurs
Island living may have led to miniature versions of giant dinosaurs.
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Tech
Cold house, hot house, green house
Saving energy at home requires paying attention to the building's windows, walls, and roof.
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Environment
A newspaper’s hidden cost
Getting a newspaper electronically would be much better for the planet than receiving the paper version.
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Environment
Alien invasions
Around the world, plants, animals, fungi, and other life forms are ending up in places where they don't belong.
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Tech
Drawing energy out of wastewater
Microbes in a fuel cell can generate electricity from plant and animal waste in water.
By Emily Sohn