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Precise tee placement can improve golf driving, teen finds

Brady Sage, 15, has been playing golf with his dad since he was a kid. For the last four years, he’s been seriously trying to improve his game. He was…

Let’s learn about Tyrannosaurus rex

An iconic scene in the classic 1993 film Jurassic Park begins with water glasses shaking on a dashboard. The vibrations sending ripples through the water turn out to be the…

Scientists Say: Spacetime

Spacetime (noun, SPAYS-TIME) Spacetime is a model that combines two ideas that most people think of as totally different: space and time. In this model, our universe has four dimensions.…

Butt breathing might help people struggling to get enough oxygen

Takanori Takebe is on a mission to find out if people can breathe through their butts. This is not the physician and scientist’s usual line of research. He spends most…

Lions have a second roar that scientists have only just discovered

The thunderous roar of the MGM lion has opened Hollywood films for nearly a century. That iconic sound has conditioned us to hear the big cat’s call in a specific…

As winters warm, athletes must cope with harder snow and tricky ice

Sarah Cookler remembers the first time she saw a racecourse covered with just artificial snow. “It was in the Pyrenees mountains in France,” she recalls. “The snow run had grass…

Are there toxic chemicals in people’s bodies?

Abstract Did you know that some parts of the United States are contaminated with high levels of toxic chemicals? These sites are so dangerous that the government must clean them…

Experiment: How does the tilt of Earth’s axis affect the seasons?

Objective: Investigate how the tilt of Earth’s axis determines the cycle of seasons Areas of science: Environmental science Difficulty: Easy advanced Time required: 2–5 days Prerequisites: None Material availability: You…

They came from other stars! [COMIC]

All: Maki Naro Read more science comics here.

A mosquito’s mouth can ‘print’ lines thinner than a human hair

A mosquito bite is really more of a poke. These insects use a long, needle-like mouthpart known as a proboscis (Prə-BOSS-sis) to pierce the skin. But this tiny straw could…