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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How might changing climate patterns impact how diseases are spread? Last July, a mysterious illness began sweeping across the Yamal Peninsula--a cold, remote region of northwestern Siberia, a [...]

Wild horses gallop through a Nevada desert, raising clouds of dust behind them. A helicopter flies overhead. Its pilot maneuvers the chopper right, then left, herding the wild horses, called [...]

Olympic Sprinter vs. Cheetah All cats are speedy runners, but cheetahs are sprinting specialists. They can run up to 113 kilometers (70 miles) per hour--faster than any other land animal. [...]

Cave explorer Hazel Barton lowers herself into a dark, damp hole. The pit is so large she can't see the walls around her. After a 50-meter (164-foot) drop, Barton's feet [...]

You're suited up and sitting aboard a spaceship along with five other passengers and two pilots. Hitching a ride with a large aircraft, the spaceship slowly climbs to an altitude [...]

Most people consider fluffy kittens and waddling penguins cute. Show those same people the star-nosed mole with wiggling tentacles sticking out of its face, and you'll most likely hear, 'Ick!' [...]

Scientists go to great lengths to solve some of the most challenging problems on the planet--and in the universe. Tour four amazing facilities with Science World, where researchers are hard [...]

Any rat in its right mind would flee from a hungry cat. But not so with a rat infected by a mind-controlling parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. T. gondii are tiny […]

Why are these birds angry? A group of hungry green pigs has taken their eggs! That's the idea behind Angry Birds, the blockbuster video game downloaded more than 700 million [...]

Bryan Grieg Fry has had a long relationship with toxins. As a baby, he battled a life-threatening disease that affected his brain and spinal cord. 'My first memory is of [...]

Next year, pilot Andy Green will streak across the South African desert in a lightning-fast car called Bloodhound. His goal: To beat his own world record for the fastest wheeled [...]

Next year, Wing Commander Andy Green will race across the South African desert in Bloodhound SSC, a British-engineered supersonic car. His goal: to beat his own world record for the [...]

An international team of scientists recently discovered treasure trove of amber in western India. The hardened tree sap contained thousands of bees, termites, spiders, and plants that lived more than [...]

Each year, the Disneyland Resort in California puts on hundreds of fireworks displays. Spectators enjoy the shows, but resort neighbors have complained about the smoke pollution the fireworks give off. [...]

Estefania Rodriguez is standing on a boat in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. Even though it's summer, temperatures hover around -4°C (25°F). Rodriguez and other scientists have [...]

Estefania Rodriguez is standing on a boat in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. Even though it's summer, temperatures hover around -4° Celsius (25°F). Rodriguez and other scientists [...]

This February, crisp, new $100 notes will start rolling out of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing. They've been redesigned with cutting-edge security features to fight forgers. In [...]

Victoria Jensen was in seventh grade when she became fascinated with viruses. These tiny particles can't move or reproduce on their own. But when they invade living cells and replicate [...]

Looking for something to watch this weekend? Xavier Amatriain can help. As a computer scientist at Netflix in California, he develops the recommendation system for the company's online streaming service. [...]

Lee McCarthy's job is a hot one: He sets furniture, cars, and even whole buildings on fire--then he uses science to study how they burn. As a fire-protection engineer for [...]

A garden gnome named Kern is traveling the globe to make a point: The attractive force of gravity is not the same everywhere on Earth (see diagram, right). A company [...]

A garden gnome named Kern is traveling the globe to make a point: The attractive force of gravity is not the same everywhere on Earth (see diagram, right). A company [...]

When 13-year-old Abby Walling comes home, she's greeted with slobbery licks from her dog. Although Abby thought the kisses were sweet, her morn worried that their pet's tongue was loaded [...]

GOING, GOING, GONE! Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object in space, and soon it will exit the solar system forever. Voyager 2 will follow its twin soon after. [...]

Beachgoers and boaters: Get your cameras ready. Scientists are asking people who spot a great white shark from a safe distance to snap a photo of its dorsal fin. The [...]

When 16-year-old Maia Persche needed an idea for a science project, she turned to her own backyard. Maia lives near Baraboo Hills, a large tract of upland forest in southern [...]

Each year, fishers unintentionally net around 12 million sharks. But a coin-size piece of metal attached to fishing gear will prevent sharks from becoming bycatch. The metal attachment deters sharks [...]

Don't expect to flash a toothy smile for your driver's license photo: Four states are discouraging all-out smiles in order to reduce identity theft. Arkansas's, Indiana's, Nevada's, and Virginia's Department [...]

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the first time astronauts successfully landed on the moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neff Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the [...]

Last December, residents of Kingston, Tennessee, got a surprise when they looked outside. Nearly 4.1 million cubic meters (5.4 million cubic yards) of coal ash (a by-product of burning coal [...]

This man has a second nose--on his forehead! Xiaolian, a 22-year-old from China, needed a new nose after his was damaged by a severe infection following a car accident. (For [...]

A new car that can fold up so it's smaller than a golf cart could make parking in crowded cities a snap. Two people can fit into the Hiriko Fold, [...]

Your eyes aren't fooling you. That rat really does have an ear shaped like a human's on its back! Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital grew the ear in their labs [...]

Last October, an experimental car finished fifth at the Petit Le Mans--a 1,609 kilometer (1,000 mile) endurance race held in Braselton, Georgia. The sleek black car, called the DeltaWing, has [...]

The next time you go to squash a cockroach, think twice. That same bug could someday save your life. Scientists have found a way to turn living roaches into remote-controlled [...]

Squid have color-changing skin that shimmers like a disco ball. Scientists think they now have found the key to how these animals turn their sparkle on and off: nerve cells. [...]

Yasser Lopez is one lucky kid. The 16-year-old from Florida survived having a 1 meter (3 foot)-long spear pierce his skull! The injury happened last summer at a lake when [...]

New high-tech scans have revealed that the bodies of two baby mammoths, once thought to have similar physical characteristics, were in fact quite different. Both Ice Age beasts--named Lyuba and [...]

These competitors are getting an earful at the annual World EskimoIndian Olympics in Fairbanks, Alaska! That's because they are taking part in the ear-pull contest. For this event, competitors sit [...]

Three American girls--Shree Bose, Naomi Shah, and Lauren Hodge-have swept the first-ever Google Science Fair. Each one took home first prize in their age groups out of 60 semifinalists. More [...]

What does a pet veterinarian do? 'A pet veterinarian ensures that a family pet is healthy and happy. The pet receives health care like other family members,' says Neil Shaw, [...]

What is your name, and where do you work? My name is Robin Nagle. I work at New York University and with the Department of Sanitation in New York City [...]

Here's some breathtaking news--scientists have grown fully functioning sets of rat lungs in a laboratory. One day, a similar approach could be used to build replacement lungs for people. Yale [...]

A growing number of creatures could disappear from Earth-forever. That includes one fifth of all vertebrates (animals with a backbone), according to a new study assessing 25,000 species on the [...]

This July, an approximately 12,700 kilogram (14 ton) southern right whale leapt out of the water and struck a yacht off the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Luckily, [...]

The number of trees cut down annually in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest dropped to its lowest in 20 years last year. Illegal loggers are responsible for chopping down trees. [...]

A 33-year-old orangutan named Nonja has become a hit on Facebook because of her skills in photography. Nonja snaps digital photos with a special camera that dispenses raisins with every [...]

WHAT DOES AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OFFICER DO? I work for New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation. It's my job to protect the environment through law enforcement and public education. [...]

As if you didn't already have enough reasons to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, here's another: H1N1 flu can spread from people to pets. As of press [...]

Last April, a deadly outbreak swept across Mexico, causing thousands to become ill. The culprit? A new strain of influenza, called H1N1, which soon spread to other countries, including the [...]