Earth

  1. Earth

    Scientists Say: Ozone

    Ozone is a molecule made of three oxygen atoms. In a layer above the Earth, it protects us from harmful radiation, but too close to home, it can harm our health.

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  2. Earth

    Scientists Say: Speleology

    This is the scientific study of caves, which can include what they’re made of, how they form and what lives in them.

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  3. Environment

    Night lights have a dark side

    Artificial light at night not only affects our view of the night sky, but also has the ability to impair animal behaviors — and probably our health.

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  4. Climate

    Hotter air may lead planes to carry fewer passengers

    Global warming could force airplanes to carry a lighter load on each flight. This could mean fewer passengers can fly on each plane.

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  5. Agriculture

    Scientists Say: Domestication

    Domestication is the process of deliberately taking a wild organism — a plant or animal for instance — and making it a part of our daily lives.

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  6. Oceans

    How the Arctic Ocean became salty

    The Arctic Ocean was once a huge freshwater lake, separated from the Atlantic by a ridge of land. Scientists explore how salt water overtook it.

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  7. Chemistry

    New ‘magnet’ pulls pesky nonstick pollutants from drinking water

    Chemicals that help make pans nonstick can themselves stick around forever in the environment. But a new material can remove them from drinking water.

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  8. Animals

    Listening to fish love songs can predict their numbers

    Gulf corvinas croak for mates while in groups of millions. By listening to their undersea serenades, scientists may be able to estimate how many are out there.

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  9. Animals

    Bee hotels are open for business

    Bee hotels are creating a buzz in conservation and research by offering nesting places for wild bees.

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  10. Earth

    Antarctic ice shelf sheds Delaware-sized iceberg

    Larsen C is a major ice shelf in Antarctica. An iceberg the size of Delaware has just splintered off of it in one of the largest calving events ever recorded.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Hunting the mysterious source of a global illness

    Doctors and scientists around the world are scouring the environment for the elusive cause of Kawasaki disease, a harmful childhood illness.

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  12. Animals

    Beware the tap of the narwhal’s tusk

    A new video shows narwhals using their tusks to tap fish before eating them. They might be stunning their prey — or just playing with their food.

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