Dueling Dinosaurs

Article about Triceratops' horns and their purpose. Triceratops had a sharp horn growing above each eye and a smaller horn growing in the center of its nose. Scientists wonder...

Exploding Stars Turn Red

Astronomers observe the formation of a red nova which occurs when two stars merge and explode.

Flying Galaxies

New evidence that two of the satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are new arrivals.

Flying Solo

Personal account of the author's first solo flight at age 16. She's been a pilot and flight instructor for the past two decades.

Foxes in the City

Urban kit foxes have adapted to living in cities and are even doing better than their country cousins.

From Pit to Pond

See how a backyard hole becomes a beautiful home for many little creeatures.

He Made Trees Live Again

George Nakashima insisted that he was not an artist but his furniture has been exhibited in major art museums.

How I Became a Backyard Biologist

Dan Kriesberg tells how his observations as a child helped him become a wildlife biologist.

How Lobsters Make Music

Spiny lobsters frighten predators by making sounds like a violin.

How the Brain Fools the Eye

Learn about "change blindness"--how we can look at something but not really see it!

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