October 20, 2015 A few uplifting facts about helium, which makes big balloons soar in NYC's Thanksgiving parade It'll never rank up there with turkey and pumpkin pie, but for millions of Americans the Thanksgiving experience just wouldn't be the same without ...
October 20, 2015 Penn State students are building a moon lander for Google's Lunar X Prize In their free time, most college students join the football squad or debate club (or waste their time at the tap room). Eighty Penn State students are busy building a moon lander as well.
October 20, 2015 Snake venom handler? Sex scholar? Weird science jobs Snake venom handler? Sex scholar? A career in science doesn't have to mean a job in a dank lab or cubicle.
October 20, 2015 Google kicks off 2013 Science Fair, seeks projects to change the world The 2013 Google Science Fair -- an online science competition open to students around the globe ages 13 to 18 -- kicked off Wednesday, a search for young geniuses to change the world.
October 20, 2015 Doubling down: four-stranded, 'quadruple helix' DNA discovered 60 years after scientists first described the “double helix” shape of DNA, scientists have found the first quadruple helix -- and it may help prevent cancer's runaway cell proliferation.
October 20, 2015 DNA directly photographed for first time Fifty-nine years after James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the double-helix structure of DNA, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the twisted ladder that props up life.
October 20, 2015 'Doomsday Vault' has its first withdrawal The "Doomsday Vault" just got its first bit of doomsday press: coverage of its first-ever withdrawal of seeds.
October 20, 2015 Students from Harvard, MIT cycle cross-country hosting science workshops to inspire youths Seven students from Boston-area colleges are cycling across America, stopping in many rural towns to get kids interested in science through hands-on workshops.
October 20, 2015 Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow contest inspires students to pursue STEM Samantha Hoover, 14, said it didn’t sink in that she would be presenting work she did for a school project at the 2015 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow event in New York City until she stepped on the plane. It was the first visit to the city for the ninth grader from James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
October 20, 2015 Is this 158-year-old redwood the UK's oldest living Christmas tree? A cultural agency in the United Kingdom says it has discovered the oldest living Christmas tree in all of Britain.
