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  Fall/Winter 2022

  Topics include: First Plants Grown in Lunar Soil; New Hydrogen Generation Method Holds Promise

  • Fall/Winter 2022 (8.6 MB)
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  Spring/Summer 2022

  Topics include: The Healthcare Industry is Hiring; Conservationists Use Rewilding; Evolution Is Not Random

  • Spring/Summer 2022 (5.8 MB)

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  Fall/Winter 2021

  Topics include: Still Waiting for an HIV Vaccine; Unpacking an Elephant’s Trunk; Two New Venus Missions

  • Fall/Winter 2021 (8.2 MB)
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  Spring/Summer 2021

  Topics include: Global Supply Chain; Geocaching; Desalination; COVID-19

  • Spring/Summer 2021 (11.2 MB)
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  Fall/Winter 2020

  Topics include: Racism: A Product of Culture, Not Science; Wildlife During COVID-19; Bubble-Blowing Drones

  • Fall/Winter 2020 (6.9 MB)
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  Spring/Summer Issue 2020

  Topics include: Virus Prevention; Earth Day; Safe Chemical Waste Disposal

  • Spring/Summer Issue 2020 (9.3 MB)

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  Fall/Winter 2019

  Topics include: Coral Reefs; The Effect of Measles on Immunity; A Potential Link Between Autism and Gut Bacteria

  • Fall/Winter 2019 (10.5 MB)
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  Spring/Summer 2019

  Topics include: Mosquito Repellents; Shark Embryos Search for Food; Robots Follow Visual Instructions

  • Spring/Summer 2019 (8.2 MB)
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  Winter/Spring 2018

  Topics include Using Parents to Teach Forensics; Robots Programmed to Think Like Insects; Viruses Capable of Gene Transfer

  • Winter/Spring 2018 (33.9 MB)
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  Summer/Fall 2018

  Topics include: Global Tourism Takes Environmental Toll; Light Helps Yeast Produce Fuel; A Volcano's Good Deeds

  • Summer/Fall 2018 (10.9 MB)

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  Fall/Winter 2017

  Topics include Rearranging the Dino Family Tree; Flint Water Signals Dangers of Lead Contamination; Climate Change Is Heating up Our Lakes.

  • Fall/Winter 2017 (45.1 MB)
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  April/June 2017

  Topics include recording history in the technosphere, whales led astray by the sun, and teen violence.

  • April/June 2017 (9.8 MB)
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  October/December 2016

  Topics include Combating Fraud with Invisible Inks; Weighing in on the Gravity Tunnel; Pokemon Go; 10 Fun Facts about Sharks

  • October/December 2016 (7.4 MB)
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  July / September 2016

  Topics include ROBOTS in the lab; Humans and Lizards in the Land of Dreams; Diabetes Treatment Found in Stomach Cells; Hippos Produce Their Own Sunscreen.

  • July / September 2016 (9.2 MB)

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  April/June 2016

  Topics include Megacities; the Zika Virus Outbreak; What Makes Fireflies Light Up?; the Advantages of Playing More; Option for Disposal of Electronic Waste.

  • April/June 2016 (6.7 MB)
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  Topics include Lighting the Way through Brain Surgery; "Smart" Gel Immediately Begins Healing Process; ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Leads to Breakthroughs

  • 15-2065-Headline-Discoveries-4-LW.indd (8 MB)
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  July/September 2015

  Topics include Creating an NGSS Lab; the Science of Fireworks; Why are Dutch People So Tall?; Smartwindows Change Color in Weather

  • July/September 2015
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  April/June 2015

  Topics include 3D Printers and the Consumer Electronics Show; Gold and Platinum Found in Sewage; Chimps Drum with Signature Style; How Fast is the Speed of Light?

  • April/June 2015 (9.6 MB)

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  November/December 2014

  Topics include Shoe insole Charges Your Smartphone; Wearable Health Monitor Untethers Patients; Brazil Approves Use of GMO Mosquitoes; A Drinkable Book?

  • November/December 2014 (6.6 MB)
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  June/July 2014

  Topics include the Physics of Soccer; Dogs Can Sense Mood of Owner; Warmer Temperatures for Better Workouts?; Harvesting Fog Brings Water to Millions

  • June/July 2014 (9.5 MB)
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  March/April 2014

  Topics include: Whale's Earwax Tells Life Story; Earth's Core Spins in Two Different Directions; Chimps Outperform Humans at Memory Tasks

  • March/April 2014 (8.8 MB)
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  January/February 2014

  Topics include Searching for a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis; What Makes People Fall in Love?; How to Move and Entire Bridge; Is Telepathy Real?

  • January/February 2014 (7.8 MB)

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  November/December 2013

  Topics include Meet the STEM-credibles!; Glowing Sheep Fight Aids; Where's the Lab-Grown Beef?; Coral Fights Back Against Warming Seas; Rare Corpse Flower Blooms

  • November/December 2013
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  September/October 2013

  Topics include Breathprints Help Identify Diseases; Hand Gestures May Boost Math Learning; Scientists Create New Ear with 3D Printing

  • September/October 2013 (7.5 MB)
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  March/April 2013

  Topics include Superstorm Sandy - What Did We Learn?; Science Myths Revealed; Fungus Enhances Plants; Self-Healing Crystals; Heat Resistant Makeup

  • March/April 2013 (8.2 MB)
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  January/February 2013

  Topics include NAO Robot; Obesity Virus; Glasses Create Real-time Avatar; Smartphones as Medical Devices?; Technology in Education

  • January/February 2013

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  November/December 2012

  Topics include Turning Back (and Forth) the Hands of Time; Forensic Science - the Truth Can Set Them Free; Dancer to the Core; Aquatic Dead Zones

  • November/December 2012 (5.6 MB)
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  September/October 2012

  Topics include Name our Superhero; MSDS Changes; Computer Scientist Who Took on Mattel; A New Medical Device - E-Skin?; Robotic Self-Sculpting Sand

  • September/October 2012 (10.6 MB)
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  March/April 2012

  Topics include Earth Day; It's a Grape Career!; Eye Spy Suspects with DNA; Earth has a Twin?; Online Identity Hits a New Level; Snowflakes - Not Just Frozen Rain

  • March/April 2012 (7.2 MB)
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  January/February 2012

  Topics include Faster Than the Speed of Light; Battle of the Smartphones; Secrets to the Fountain of Youth; Glowing Cats?; The Brain - Your Control Center?; Using DNA to Build Nanomaterials

  • January/February 2012 (9.4 MB)

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  November/December 2011

  Topics include Nuclear Science - Past, Present, and Future; Summer Solstice; Two Sciences that Surround Us; Total Solar Eclipse - A Few Minutes, Experience of a Lifetime.

  • November/December 2011 (2.2 MB)
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  September/October 2011

  Topics include Get Involved with October's Celebration - National Chemistry Week and World Food Day; Saying Goodbye to Shuttle Launches; Cooking with Physicists?

  • September/October 2011 (5.1 MB)
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  April/May 2011

  Topics include Artificial Life Forms Aren't Just Science Fiction Anymore; Lesson Plans that Engage Students; Human Skin vs. The Ozone; New Species of Fish Discovered

  • April/May 2011 (4.5 MB)
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  January/February 2011

  Topics include K'NEX Challenge Winners Revealed; The NSTA Conference Not to Miss; Bionic Eye Takes Sight; Game Systems Go Head-to-Head; Virtual Devices of the Future

  • January/February 2011 (4.1 MB)

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  Fall 2010

  Topics include Oil and Water Don't Mix; Profile - Randy Pausch; K'NEX Challenge - Creativity Connects with Fun; The Science of 'Super Fountains'; Shedding Some Light on the Matter

  • Fall 2010 (4.6 MB)
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  Spring 2010

  Topics include Growing, Living, Teaching and Eating Green; Profile - Garrett Augustus Morgan; Airport Security - Use of Whole Body Imaging; Calcium Causes Problems at International Space Station

  • Spring 2010 (6.4 MB)
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  Fall 2009

  Topics include Raising Millions of Eyes to the Night Skies; Profile - Christa McAuliffe ; Ulysses Ends Long Odyssey; Online Communities Offer Risks and Rewards.

  • Fall 2009 (5.1 MB)
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  Spring 2009

  Topics include Beyond Petroleum - Alternative Energy Sources for a Post-Oil Nation; Profile - Charles Drew; Robots Invade Disaster City; Nano News; It's About Time...

  • Spring 2009 (9.2 MB)

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  Fall 2008

  Topics include: The Challenge of Safe Science; Profile - Michael Faraday; New Pathways for Electricity - Nanotechnology Bends the Rules of Electrical Conductivity.

  • Fall 2008 (6.1 MB)
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  Spring 2008

  Topics include Lie of the Needle - Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports; Profile - Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnett; What is a Pulsar?; What Makes a Winning Racehorse?

  • Spring 2008 (4.7 MB)
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  Fall 2007

  Topics include A Deeper Understanding - The Importance of Underground Laboratories; Profile - Don Jeffry Herbert; That Fantastic, Cleaning, Whitening Magical Goop.

  • Fall 2007 (4.2 MB)
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  Spring 2007

  Topics include The Science of Questioned Documents; Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorilla; Animals With Accents?

  • Spring 2007 (5 MB)

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  Fall 2006

  Topics include Alternative Fuels; Profile - Leonardo Da Vinci; Nanotech Powers Navy Into the Future; When Stars Collide…

  • Fall 2006 (6.6 MB)
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  Spring 2006

  Topics include Huge Advances in a Tiny Science; Profile - Chien-Shiung Wu; It's Cold. It's Hot. It's Fusion!; Kiss Your Universe Goodbye!

  • Spring 2006 (3.3 MB)
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  Fall 2005

  Topics include: New Frontiers in Stem Cell Research; Profile - Vivien Theodore Thomas; The Global Concern for Environmental Issues.

  • Fall 2005 (3.6 MB)
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  Fall 2004

  Topics include TV Crime Science Exposed; Profile - Marie Curie; Lab Renovation and Construction

  • Fall 2004 (2.5 MB)

Topics

STEM

• Training for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A New World of Work
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Dublin Teens Build Bat Detector
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Students Build Geometry Skills by Building Tiny Houses
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• New Tech Takes Self-Driving Cars Off Road
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)

• Eel-Inspired Power Source Has Potential
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Sea Diving for Medicine
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• The Role of Learning Centers in Science Education
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Cheese Making, Scientific Methodology, and STEM
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Safety, Morality and the Myth of the Self-Driving Car
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Around the World in a Solar-Powered Plane
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Robo-Mermaid Discovers Ancient Shipwreck
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• First Successful Skin-to-Eye Stem Cell Transplant
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Wanted: Lifelong Learners
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• The Home of Meaning
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Are Otter-Inspired Wet Suits on the Horizon?
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• The Salt Solution to Cleaner Power Generation
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Physicists Synthesize Four New Elements
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Rise of the Bioplastics
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• How Does Changing Sea Ice Impact
  (April/June 2016, Issue 4)
• Mercury Levels in the Arctic?
  (April/June 2016, Issue 4)
  
• ELECTRONIC WASTE:
  Better Options than the Dumpster
  (April/June 2016, Issue 4)
  
• Centuries of
  Women in Science
  (April/June 2016, Issue 4)
• Can Soap Bubbles Predict Tropical Storms?
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Teenagers Impress And Win Big At The Intel ISEF 2015
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• First True-Color Super-Resolution Microscopy Technique Developed
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Science Kids Rock!
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Beware Your Refrigerator
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Cooking with NGSS
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• 2015 PA State STEM Design Challenge
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Sisters e S.T.E.A.M Program
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Marvelous Tricks of the Tongue 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Hi-tech Fabric Provides Wearable Heater 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Wearable Health Monitor Untethers Patients From Montiors 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Is Green Illumination on the Horizon? 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Are You Ready for Some Real-Time Player Stats? 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Schools Shift from Textbooks to Tablets 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Transient Electronics
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• A New Way to Teach and Learn, NAO
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• STEM Advantage: Digital Universe
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Flight to Excellence
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• STEM Advantage: Using Innovation to Make Wine
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• STEM Advantage: K'nex Challenge
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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STEM Careers

• For Steady Work, Study STEM
  (Spring/Summer 2019, Issue 1)
  
• Careers in Environmental Fields
  (Spring/Summer 2019, Issue 1)
  
• Top 15 STEM Jobs of 2016
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
  
• STEM Career: Microbiologist
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
  

• STEM Career: Automotive Service Tech
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
  
• Mathematician
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
  
• STEM Career: Robotics Engineering
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
  
• STEM Career: STEM Teacher
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
  
• STEM Careers: Geoscientist
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
  
• STEM Careers: Astronomer & Astrophysicist
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
  
• STEM Career Spotlight: Geneticist
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
  
• Career Spotlight: Computer Engineer
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
  
• Career Spotlight: Astrophysicist
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
  
• Career Spotlight: Viticulturist
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
  
• Career Spotlight: Nuclear Engineer
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
  

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Biology

• Researchers Progress with Virus Prevention
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Engineered Fungus Kills Malaria Mosquitoes with Spider Toxin
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• The Effect of Measles on Immunity
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• A Laboratory Balance Becomes a Surgical Monitor
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)

• Bioengineering Process Leads to Higher Rice Crop Yield
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• New Technologies May Increase Our Understanding of the Brain
  (Summer/Spring Issue, 2019)
• Light Helps Yeast Produce Fuel
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Bacteria-Killing Plastic Could Reduce Infections
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• An Emerging Technique for Captured Carbon Conversion
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Researchers Inch Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Viruses Are Capable of Gene Transfers
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Expanding the Toolkit to Repair Gene Mutations
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Peering Inside Living Cells
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Digital Pill? Don’t Worry, There’s an App for That
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• New Retinal Implants Change the Way We Look at Bionics
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Tracking Nanoparticles Using DNA Barcodes
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• The Importance of Teaching Biotechnology
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Fighting Pathogens: A Few Good Bacteria
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• 3D Imaging Used to Diagnose Lung Disease
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cut Rate of Viral Disease
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Cultured Meat Could Help Save the Environment
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Fidgeting is Fine, Walking is Better
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Testosterone and the Teenage Brain
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Taste Isn't Just Tongue-Tied
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Talcum Powder and its Link to Cancer
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• The Science of Spicy Foods
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Diabetes Treatment Found in Stomach Cells
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Gold Nanoparticles May Help Detect Kidney Disease
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Can Music Help People with Epilepsy?
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• The Future of Medical Implants
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Lighting The Way Through Brain Surgery
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• “Smart” Gel Immediately Begins Healing Process
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Optimized Healing Thanks to Virtual Wounds
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Non-invasive Tests for Cancer - Liquid Biopsies
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Study Finds Human Pathogens in Gray Seals 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Environment Affects Your Immunity 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Color Blind Painter Tests Correction Glasses
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Portable Instant Blood Test Provides Fast Results
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Vaccines Save Lives
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Suspects' Gender Determined at Crime Scene 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Combat Dengue Fever in Brazil (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Lab-Grown Kidneys Work in Rats 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Men and Women Really Do See Things Differently
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Smart Device Technology in Medicine
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Dancers to the Core
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Forensic Science: The Truth Can Set Them Free
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Advancing Toward Synthetic Life: XNA
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• My, Oh My, Oh Migraine!
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Hope Ahead (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• You Can Run, but You Can't Hide Those Baby Blues
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Sunscreen: More Like Body Armor
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Using DNA to Build Nanomaterials (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• The Key to the Fountain of Youth (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Life Sciences

• Himalayan Wolves Could Be a Unique, High-Altitude Species
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  
• New Treatments Fight Peanut Allergies with Peanut Protein
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  
• Scientists Are Poised to Pounce on Cat Allergies
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  
• Reptile brain may hold secrets to human sleep patterns
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  

• Reptile brain may hold secrets to human sleep patterns
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  
• Whales Migrate to Shed the Skin They’re In
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
  
• Tiny Fish Have Big Impact on Coral Reef Ecosystem
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
  
• Antibiotics in World Rivers Exceed Safe Levels
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
  
• Highly Processed Foods Highly Risky
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
  
• Protein Helps Mosquitoes Detect Human Sweat
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
  
• A Potential Link Between Autism and Gut Bacteria
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
  
• Shark Embryos and the Search for Food
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
  
• Goose Bumps Could Hold Key to Stimulating Hair Growth
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
  
• Best Way to Stop Pain: Ignore It
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• Misuse of Antianxiety Drugs Linked to Overdose Deaths
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• Immune System Reboot More Effective for MS
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• New Solution Uses Bacterial Compounds to Repel Mosquitoes
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
  
• Scratching the Surface of Severe Itching
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• A Bug’s Life: Robots Programmed to Think Like Insects
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Viruses Are Capable of Gene Transfers
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Uncovering the Effects of Food Preservatives on the Gut Microbiome
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• An Emerging Technique for Captured Carbon Conversion
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Air Pollution Threatens Bees Quest for Food
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Using Saliva to Better Understand Concussions
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Phages Hold Potential for Human Health Benefits
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Risks Linked to Chemicals in Cosmetics
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Rearranging the Dino Family Tree
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Using Stem Cells to Fight Lung Disease
  (August/December 2017, Issue3)
• Unraveling an Incan Language Tied Up in Knots
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• To Tweet or Not to Tweet
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Scientists Shed Light on DNA Repair
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Cat-Like Instincts!
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Fighting Pathogens: A New Test to Save Crops
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
  
• Combating Fraud a Matter of Connecting the Dots
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Animal-Free Cosmetic Testing Now a Reality
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Chemistry Can Reveal Your Emotions at the Movies
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• The Science of Snow
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Facing Facts About Fish Brains
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Crater Drilling Makes and Impact
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Modern Dams Thwart Ancient Instincts
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Hippos Produce Their Own Sunscreen
  (July/Sepember 2016, Issue 3)
• Zika Virus Outbreak
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• The Mystery of the Sea Otter’s Red Coat 
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Demystifying De-Extinction (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
  
• ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Leads To Breakthroughs
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Diabolical Wasps Turn Spiders Into Zombies
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• If I Had Only Picked The Other Line…
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Sweat
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Pupils Give Clues To Ecological Niche
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Burrowing Animals May Have Stabilized Earth's Oxygen
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Fat Grizzly Bears Staying Healthy and Diabetes-free
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Why Are Dutch People So Tall?
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• MRI Scan Reveals Why Knuckles Crack
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Geneticists Enter Feline Territory 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Human Evolution and the Precision Grip 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Isolated Amazon Tribe Makes First Contact 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• The Amazing Human Skin 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Pessimism is Good For You
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Smart Bra Aims to Detect Breast Cancer Earlier
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Maggots as Medical Microsurgeons?
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Breathing Your Way to Better Health
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Dung Beetles Reach for the Stars
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Same Virus: More Fat, Less Blood Sugar
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Aquatic Dead Zones
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Invasion of the Superweeds
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Ionic Strength
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Feast Your Eyes on This
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Getting Lifeblood from a Stone
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Green is the New Black
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Glow, Cat, Glow!
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• The Dolphin's Sixth Sense
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Chemistry

• Safe Chemical Waste Disposal
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Remote-Control Drug Delivery
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Fish Slime Swimming with Pathogen-Killing Bacteria
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Rewritable Paper Inspired by Erasable Ink
  (Summer/Spring Issue, 2019)

• Researchers Inch Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Finding Hope Under the Dock
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Stop Peeing in the Pool (Scientists Can Tell)
  (August/December 2017, Issue3)
• Scientists Develop Forensic Method to Identify Humans Using Hair Proteins
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Magnets May Cull Deadly Germs from Blood
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Fueling Your Car with Seaweed?
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Mood-Regulating Chemicals Help You Taste Sour Foods
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Physicists Synthesize Four New Elements
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
  
• Rise of the Bioplastics
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Magnets And Cents
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• A Better APProach
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• What Would Mendeleev Say?
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Sun Protection Makes Vacation Sense
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
  
• Why Does Wet Dog Smell So Bad?
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Tiny Particles May Have Big Impact
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• New Tests Authenticate Organic Produce 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• The Smell of Money 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• What I Did on My Summer Vacation 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Rubber from Dandelions? Talk About Flower Power
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Rare Earth Elements Common in Today's Digital Technology (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Clothes That Clean Themselves!
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Radical Energy
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• At the End of the Rainbow
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• A Chronology of Chemistry
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• The Change in MSDS
• Big Week for Small Things 
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Heavy Metal Banned
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• What's In a Name?
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Growing Plastic
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• The Same But Different
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Physical Science

• Testing the Sense of Touch at Home
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• A New Way to Synthesize Diamonds
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Are New Atomic Particles Escaping Detection?
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• New Nanotechnology Upends Traditional Ultrasound
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)

• Hybrid Semiconductors Produce More Light with Less Power
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• The Sonic Mystery of Knuckle Cracking
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Forensics in Another Light
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Bone-Inspired Steel Less Likely to Crack
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Weighing in on the Gravity Tunnel
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Your Brain Can Predict How Objects Move
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Urine: the Next Renewable Energy Source
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Inflatable Module Attached to Space Station
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• To Land a Brick 
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• How Spiders Make Sense of the World Around Them
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Precarious Rocks Give Clues To Future Earthquake Movements
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Keeping Skyscrapers Steady
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Candles And LCDs: More Alike Than Meets The Eye
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• The Science of Fireworks
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Physicist Invents Chameleon-like Ice Cream
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• How Fast is the Speed of Light?
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• X-rays Reveal the Secret of Ancient Scrolls
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Walk or Run with SolePower 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• "Bambi" Backpack Designed to Build Bridges for Military 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Bees Communicate Using Electric Fields 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Mighty Power in a Microbattery
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Build Me an Engine, Scotty!
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• A New Boson Discovered
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• What in the World is Oobleck?
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Physics of Sports
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Invisibility You Can See
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Seeing is Believing
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Faster Than the Speed of Light?
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• Nobel Laureates Tell a Chilly Tale
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• Black Holes, Holograms and the Nature of Reality
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Astronomy and Earth Science

• Night Lights: Scientists Learn More About STEVE
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Pluto’s Icy Volcanoes Shed Light on Prelife Chemistry
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Exploring Asteroids to Understand Life
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• Moon Craters Shed Light on Asteroid Impacts on Earth
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)

• Bright Stars in Galaxies Far, Far Away
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Peering Inside Living Cells
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Warmer, Wetter Climate to Impact Thunderstorm Intensity
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Uncovering Moss and Its Story of Climate Change
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• First Interstellar Asteroid Identified in Our Solar System
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Surface of Mars Reveals Granular Flows
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Total Solar Eclipse
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Climate Change Is Heating Up Our Lakes
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting Asteroids
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Record-Breaking Snack Attack from Black Hole
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Bridge of Stars
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Space Algae Could Feed a Trip to Mars
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Predicting Wildfires with Climate Change Models
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Whales Led Astray by the Sun
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Green Plants Inspire Better Solar Cells
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Jupiter: Galileo to Juno
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• 2016 Summer Olympics Are Greenest Ever
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Warming Oceans Bleach Coral Reefs
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• No Turning Back for Diseased Oak Trees
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Carbon Emissions Threaten Arctic
  (July/September 3016, Issue 3)
• Odds Predict 9TH Planet
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
  
• Saying Hello To Pluto
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Eleven Years on Mars
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Tiny Sea Organisms Help Cool The Earth
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• 3D Printing Helps to Reveval the Secrets of a Superstar
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Smartphones May Soon Serve as Early Earthquake Warning
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Is Climate Change Spawning Infectious Diseases?
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Easter Island Mystery Revisited
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• A Matter of Taste...and Global Warming
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Putting Pluto Into Focus
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Finding Earths Among the Stars
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Turtle Tears a Tasty Treat 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Deep Impact and Armageddon for Real 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• NASA Spacecraft Prepare to Study Comet Flying by Mars 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Educators & Students Do NASA Research
  (March/April 2013, Issue 2)
• Jumping From the Edge of Space
  (March/April 2013, Issue 2)
• Mini Satellite Circles the Earth
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Using Gravel to Teach Geology
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Cosmic Collisions
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• The Place of the Grape
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Earth's Twin
  (January/February 2012, Issue 2)
• Surprising Ingredients of Early Galaxies (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Technology

• Forget the Strain, Train Your Brain
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• New Electric Bandage Promotes Faster Healing
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• New Type of Wood Can Reduce Cooling Costs
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• CRISPR – Is There Anything It Can’t Do?
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)

• CES 2019: The Latest from the Tech World
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• Robots Can Be Programmed to Follow Visual Instructions
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• New Tech Takes Self-Driving Cars Off Road
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• A Bug’s Life: Robots Programmed to Think Like Insects
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• Cloaking Devices and the Hunt for Faster Computing
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Thousands Flock to CES 2017 to Conduct Business and Shape Our Future
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Pokemon Go: More than Just a Game
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Pennsylvania Students Compete in State STEM Design Challenge
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Addicted to Cell Phones
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Drones to the Rescue
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Spy Drone Printed At Sea
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Smart Window Changes Colors and Creates Electricity
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• What Does Your Selfie Really Say About You?
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• 3D Printing to Expand in Consumer Market 
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• A Virtual Walk Around Mars
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Driving Into a Greener Future 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Computer Games May be the Best Medicine 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Growing New Organs 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Soldiers Could Communicate Through Their Uniforms
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Virtual You, a New View
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Good Vibrations
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Milky Way Recreated
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• E-Skin: Your Doctor at Home
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Self-Sculpting "Smart Sand"
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Facial Recognition Software Quickly IDs Facebook Photos (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• A Bridge So Far
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• The Great Smartphone Debate
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• Cars of the Future
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Environmental Science

• Reducing Plastic Laboratory Waste
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Students Want to Learn More About Climate Change
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Australian Wildfires Put Hundreds of Species at Risk
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Earth Day Finds Renewed Purpose at 50
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)

• Trees Won’t Save Us from Climate Change
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Picture This: Ice Volcanoes on the Shores of Lake Michigan
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Fish Lured Back to Abandoned Coral Reefs by Sound
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• New Ways to Target Microplastic Pollution
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Fossil Fuel Use May Emit More Methane Than Previously Estimated
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Rising Seas May Be Costlier Than Anticipated
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Green Seaweed Fossils Date Back 1 Billion Years
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Marine Microbes Could Help Fight Plastic Pollution
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Scientists Can Convert Ocean Waves into Energy
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• New Method Finds More Species Facing Extinction
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• The Adverse Effects of Mosquito Repellants
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• A Bolivian Frog Makes a Comeback
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• Careers in Environmental Fields
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• New Method Finds More Species Facing Extinction
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2019)
• A Volcano’s Good Deeds
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Global Tourism Takes Environmental Toll
  (July/October 2018, Issue 3)
• Turning Dirty Air into Clean Energy
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Flint Signals the Dangers of Lead Contamination
  (August/December 2017, Issue 3)
• Waste Not: Recycled Water is the Future
  (April/June 2017,  Issue 2)
• Recording History in the Technosphere
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Newly-Discovered Octopus Imperiled by Deep-Sea Mining Plans
  (April/June, 2017, Issue 2)
• Robots in the Lab
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• A Century of Preserving Our National Treasures
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• MEGACITIES Striving for Sustainability
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• ELECTRONIC WASTE: Better Options than the Dumpster
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Rice, Please – Hold The Methane
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Is Algae The Answer For “Greener” Beef?
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Return of Extinct Congo Monkey
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Ancient Weather Patterns Teach Scientists About Drought
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Conservationists May Be Killing the Monarch Butterfly with Kindness
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Sewage Sludge Could Be a Gold Mine
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Saving the World's Water Crisis, One Page at a Time 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• 2014 Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• The Green Genie in a Bottle 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Bald Eagles Return To Pennsylvania
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• A Billboard That Makes Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• FDA Gets Tougher on Foodborne Illnesses
  (March/April 2013, Issue 2)
• Hot Technology: Volcano Power
  (March/April 2013, Issue 2)
• Electric Cycling, Unchained
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Extreme Climate Fixing
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Bigger Means Greener
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Eruptive Disorder
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Gene Peas
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Go Big and Go for the Hill
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• From Peas to Genomics and Beyond
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Rain, Rain Don't Go Away
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Science Exposes Mummies Secrets
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• Oh! Zone
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• Frick and Frack
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Science History

• 10 Noteworthy Science Anniversaries in 2020
  (Spring/Summer Issue, 2020)
• Notre Dame: Rebuilding History with Science
  (Fall/Winter Issue, 2019)
• Discoverer of Buckyball Dies
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Free STEM iPad Apps
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)

• Hand Gestures Improve Math Learning
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• The Original Space Jump
  (March/April 2013, Issue 2)
• Steve Jobs: Technological Visionary (1955-2011)
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• A Brief History of Computers
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Accidents Happen: The Invention of the Microwave
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Anita Borg Blazed Trail for Women in Computer Science
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• In The Beginning. . .
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
  
• The Year of Marie Curie (1867-1934)
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Elementary

• 10 Fun Facts about Sharks
  (October/December 2016, Issue 4)
• Five Fascinating Natural Wonders
  (April/June 2016, Issue 4)
  
• Humans and Lizards in the Land of Dreams
  (July/September 2016, Issue 3)
• Are You Faster than a T. Rex?
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)

• Join the Bat Tour!
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
• Five Weird Facts About Earth
  (April/June 2016, Issue 2)
  
• Horse Facial Expressions Mirror Humans
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Bringing Back Baby (Tortoises)
  (October/December 2015, Issue 4)
• Simple Animals with Super Powers Larger than Life
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• The Name Game: Brontosaurus Vs. Apatosaurus
  (July/September 2015, Issue 3)
• Chimps Communicate Through Rhythmic Tree Drumming
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Polar Bears Sniff Paw Prints to Find Love
  (April/June 2015, Issue 2)
• Technology and Your Pets 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Video Games Can be Good for You, Unless... 
  (October/December 2014, Issue 4)
• Bottle Nose Dolphins May Address Loved Ones by "Name" 
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Invasion of the Giant Goldfish
  (September/October 2013, Issue 3)
• Technology in Education
  (January/February 2013, Issue 1)
• Written in the Stars
  (November/December 2012, Issue 4)
• Just the Sticky Facts!
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Birds of a Feather
  (September/October 2012, Issue 3)
• Snowflakes: Not Just Frozen Rain
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Chasing Water Footprints
  (March/April 2012, Issue 2)
• Fuel of the Future?
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)
• The Brain: Your Control Center
  (January/February 2012, Issue 1)

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Social Science

• Helping Strangers Builds Confidence in Teens
  (April/June 2018, Issue 2)
• No More Choosing Sides in Gym Class
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)
• Teen Violence Can Spread Like a Virus
  (April/June 2017, Issue 2)