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5,121 results for: seek

  1. Physics

    Tiny particles propel themselves upstream

    Light-activated, human-made particles can align themselves with the flow of a fluid and swim upstream.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Math

    Evidence-based medicine lacks solid supporting evidence

    Saving science from its statistical flaws will require radical revision in its methods

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Physics

    Material borders support unusually warm electronic superhighways

    The interface between a conductive wafer and an iron-containing film is a high-temperature superconductor, which transmits electrons without resistance.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Health & Medicine

    Seek Meningitis Vaccine

    Excerpt from the November 9, 1963, issue of SCIENCE NEWS LETTER.

    By Science News
  5. Math

    In science, popularity breeds unreliability

    Popularity can mean unreliability both in science news coverage and within research itself.

    By Tom Siegfried
  6. Ecosystems

    Bluebird moms inadvertently fuel wars between species

    Extra hormones delivered to eggs holding sons in tough times end up driving one bluebird species to chase off another

    By Susan Milius
  7. Science & Society

    Deflategate favored foul play over science

    Science didn’t get center stage in the rulings on whether the New England Patriots underinflated footballs during championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  8. Climate

    Melting ice forces walrus detour

    Warming temperatures and shrinking summer ice cover have forced the animals to seek solid ground during feeding season.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  9. Animals

    Seeking the loneliest whale

    An enigmatic whale roams the North Pacific, and next year Bruce Mate will lead a monthlong expedition to find it.

    By Sid Perkins
  10. Neuroscience

    White House gives progress report on BRAIN Initiative

    More pieces of President Obama’s ambitious BRAIN Initiative announced April 2013 have fallen into place.

    By Science News Staff
  11. Psychology

    Scientists of a feather flock together

    When it comes to major scientific issues such as global warming and GMOs, scientists and the public don’t see eye to eye. It might be because socially, they don’t see each other at all.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  12. Ecosystems

    ‘Earth: A New Wild’ puts people in the picture

    PBS nature series ‘Earth: A New Wild’ shows humans living with, and not off, their environments

    By Bethany Brookshire