All Stories by Science News Explores
- Planets
Hello, Pluto!
Here's a collection of our stories about your favorite dwarf planet — including those on the New Horizons flyby.
- Science & Society
Most students wrong on risks of smoking occasionally
Teens know that heavy smoking can seriously harm health. But most, a new study finds, don’t realize that smoking only now and then also is harmful. Data from a survey highlight teens’ mistaken ideas about the risks of intermittent smoking.
- Physics
Nobel goes for creating the ‘nanoscope’
A regular microscope can’t bring into focus the nanoscale molecules from which cells are built. Using lasers and fluorescent molecules, three scientists found a way to view these tiny features. Their reward: the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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2014 Indicators highlight STEM learning and teaching
This year’s Science and Engineering Indicators give good news: most high school teachers in science and math have in-field related skill sets.
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‘The Poisoner’s Handbook’ comes to PBS
Public TV is offering a fascinating and gory account of scientists and justice in a show covering the birth of forensic toxicology during New York City’s Jazz Age. Related educational materials will help teachers bring forensic chemistry to their classrooms.
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Scooping poop for science
Do you want to help scientists do science? Would you scoop cow poop to do it? These teens did, and the data they collected have been published!
- Planets
The comet that came in from the cold
Comet ISON is hurtling toward the sun at breakneck speed. During this first (and possibly last) trip around the sun, it will either shoot back into space or be torn apart.
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