Discovery
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Ancient Treasure
The article describes ancient treasure discoverd off the coast of Israel! This ancient treasure consists of a massive trove of gold coins! This discovery increased the possibility of …
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Atom Smashers
Atom smashers are exciting, and things they can find are even more exciting! The world's largest atom smasher has been upgraded and is back!
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Sea Snails Make Strong Materials
This article describes the discovery of sea snail teeth being stronger than spider silk! This new discovery gave way for the possibility of creating a similar material to help with fu…
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Zipper Bots
Scientists at MIT have created a robotic zipper! This zipper is programmed to zip up automatically, without jamming or getting caught on fabric. This will not only make zippers easy t…
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Brain Variation
The article describes how gene variation leads to different sized parts of the brain. This is how different brain related diseases and are developed.
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The Science Behind the Dress
Scientists have been trying to figure out and explain why different people saw different colors on the "color-changing" dress! The article describes what scientists have to say about …
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Carbon Dioxide Traps Heat
Scientists conducted a study, and saw that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere! Learn more about how this affects us, and how it affects the climate change!
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Make Green Slime!
Students will learn about scientific processes and small chemical reactions in this activity! They will use household, non-toxic items to create their own slime! The slime is harmless…
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Paper Chromatography
In this activity, students will separate the different pigments in a black marker to reveal the different colors that went into the marker. They will learn why and how the different c…
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Make a Volcano!
Students will learn all about volcanoes and chemical reactions! They will build their own, safe and nontoxic, volcano with items from around the house - baking soda and vinegar.
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Strawberry DNA
Students will learn how to extract DNA from a strawberry. They will follow the steps of the scientific method and view real DNA in the end!
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Soda Geyser
This activity teaches students how different foods react with each other. They will drop Mentos into Diet Coke and learn why it reacts this way. They can then test the Mentos with dif…
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New Pet Therapy
The article describes the new recommendation that only dogs be used as therapy animals in hospitals. There are many reasons for this which include the fact that people are less likely…
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Daylight Savings Hits Some People Harder
The article describes how daylight savings time affects different poeple differently. Scientists have discovered that people who are unhealthy are hit harder by daylight savings time.
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Will the Apple Watch Make People Healthier?
The article describes the new Apple Watch and how it includes many health and fitness features, but it was not designed to be a fitness tracker. There is debate over whether or not th…
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Stress and Depression can Cause Death
The article describes a new study that proved that high levels of stress and depression increase the risk of death and heart attacks! It also discusses new scientific discoveries.
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Pi Memorization
This article describes how people can increase their memorization skills by discussing how people have memorized over sixty thousand digits of pi! Students will learn and understand t…
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What are X-rays?
The article describes and explains what x-rays are and why they are used. It is a great reference tool as it goes in depth and clearly explains concepts to students.
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The Ebola Epidemic is Not Over
The article describes the possibility of the Ebola outbreak starting again. A few new cases may ruin all the progress done by the scientists in the past few months! However, they are …
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Cough Medicine Helps Fight Diabetes!
The article describes a new discovery related to diabetes and medications! Scientists have found that over the counter cough medications may help fight against diabetes by increasing …
