Flamingos are really smart birds that use their beaks to make tiny underwater twisters! These swirling waters help the flamingos catch yummy little bugs and other tiny creatures. Scientists watched f…
Don Pettit, a brave astronaut, lived on a space station for 220 days and took tons of cool pictures. He saw amazing things like colorful lights in the sky and even a volcano erupting from far away. D…
A long, long time ago, a big volcano named Mount Vesuvius erupted near a city called Pompeii. A family tried to hide in their house from the hot rocks and ash raining down. They pushed their bed agai…
Some special shots help people lose weight and feel much better about themselves! These shots are like medicine, making you less hungry and happier, even more than other medicines. Doctors found that…
The government is stopping money for helpers who fix things after big storms or fires. Cities and towns need this money to help people when there are accidents or problems. Without the money, it will…
A part of an old Soviet spaceship is falling down to Earth this weekend! It's super strong because it was going to go to Venus, a very hot planet. Scientists are watching it carefully, but they don't…
Some wild ginger flowers smell really, really bad, like rotten eggs! Scientists found a special gene that makes this stinky smell happen in some plants. This gene changes how a plant uses a special i…
The government is stopping counting how much really big storms and floods cost us. This means grown-ups who help us after storms won't know how much things cost. They need that information to help us…
Superb starlings are special birds in Africa that help each other raise their babies. Even if the birds aren't related, they share food and protect the baby birds together. It's like they're best fri…
President Trump wants more babies, but some scientists who help people have babies lost their jobs. These scientists helped doctors understand how to have babies using special methods. They studied t…
Dr. Sunshine was a super-smart doctor who helped lots of tiny, premature babies. He figured out amazing ways to help these little babies breathe and get better. Before Dr. Sunshine, many tiny babies …
The Trump government wants a court to stop a case about a medicine used for ending pregnancies. This medicine, called mifepristone, helps end pregnancies and the case wants to make it harder to get. …
Scientists watched gorillas in Rwanda for a very long time to learn about their families. They discovered that gorilla friendships are super important, but things change depending on the group size. …
UK scientists won a huge £500 million for their amazing science projects from the EU, after a break because of Brexit. They're super excited because this money will help them discover new things and …
Sybil Shainwald was a super lawyer who helped women who got sick from bad medicine. She worked really hard for many years to make sure women were safe and healthy. One important case was about a medi…
Some scientists in America are worried about their jobs because of money problems. Europe wants these smart scientists to come and work there, so they're offering help. They'll get to do cool science…