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Researchers spun up a nanofiber collagen sponge from fish skin, then tested its wound healing potential. Apparently, it works better than bovine. Learn about it here.
• Do Smart Pills Really Make You Smart?
• The Invasive Species Wriggling Beneath Your Feet
• Getting the Straight Dope on Weed
• A Recipe For Reef Recovery
• Why Does the Ocean Look so Strange Today?
• Unearthing the Secrets of Penguin Taste
The US National Academy of Sciences announced this year's 84 inductees. Of those, 24 are women. Do you recognize any of their names? Take our poll.
• States Honor STEM Women
• Unequal Pay
• Group Projects May Attract Women
Kriti interviews two more of her fellow finalists from the Intel Science Talent Search: Kalia and Augustine.
• Two Young Microbiologists - via Intel
• Three Microbes
• Smallpox: To Destroy or to Not Destroy?
• Propagating Mutations in Entire Populations
• This Is Your Brain on Integrated Technology
• Gene Editing in the Natural World
Can a single gene mutation change the shape of an organism, and also cause a suite of genes to change activity? Seder highlights a close relationship between physical conformation and biochemical activation.
• How Dogs and Humans Grew Together
• A Dinosaur That Flew On Bat-Like Wings
• Counting Chicks
• Why Can't Mosquitoes Transmit HIV?
• Is Obesity Contagious?
• Measles Outbreak at Disneyland
Can we use the Sun as the main source for our energy needs? Learn about solar power.
• Seeing Light
• When C Doesn't Equal C
• Two Quantum Quirks Become One
• The Search for Artificial Photosynthesis
• Economic Expansion in the Great Plains
• The Resurgence of Kites in the Urban UK
• The Dark Myth of the Poinsettia
• The Advantage of Berries
• Tobacco Brings Hope to Ebola Treatment
Reflect on the history of Earth Day, and watch a NASA model showing a year’s worth of CO2 emissions.
• Quantum Dots Open the Way for Solar Windowpanes
• Lithium-Ion Batteries Get a Boost
• What does fMRI measure?
• Dangers of the Sun
• New York City Carbon Challenge
• What You Need to Know About the Ebola Outbreak
• Dream Reader v.1.0
• Bacteria Conspire Against People with Obesity
• Of Mice and Humans
• Conferences to Engage and Build Communities
• The Future of Research Symposium
• Scientific Meetings and Advocacy
• The Science Behind Fireworks
• Marijuana: Medical Cure or Catastrophe?
• Beach Erosion: How a Shoreline Changes
If genetic technology can “improve the human race,” how should we use it? Or should we use it at all? Take our poll.
• Case Study in Genetic Sports Advantage
• America's Hidden History: The Eugenics Movement
• Case Study in Genetic Non Disclosure
• Why Hodor Only Say "Hodor"?
• This Is Why There Are So Many Defibrillators in Casinos
• Why Do We Find It so Hard to Write About Ourselves?