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Red wolf and Mexican gray wolf populations in the wild have risen from zero in the 1970s to around 100 today, but 100 is still very few. And conservation efforts may be facing drastic change. Conservationists are worried because neither wolf…
On September 15, Americans celebrated the 200th anniversary of the USA’s national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” A siege on Fort McHenry in 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem. The battle raged on overnight, but when morning arrived the…
A high-tech spoon is set to change the lives of people with tremors. Tremors make it very difficult to eat liquid foods because when the hand or arm shakes, food spills. This spoon, called Liftware, is battery-operated and responds to a…
With the monarch butterfly population is in rapid decline, enthusiasts are either petitioning to move monarchs to the endangered species list or emphasizing the importance of restoring habitat—namely milkweed, where monarchs feed as caterpillars and lay their eggs as adults. Farmers…
Fifteen-year-old Kenneth Shinozuka of California has invented a sensor that tells caregivers when an Alzheimer’s patient starts walking. Kenneth’s grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s and wanders frequently, inspired the invention. People with Alzheimer’s forget how to get home and eventually forget…
Hydrogen fuel cells have existed since the 1950s, but cost has limited their production. Recently, though, scientists have made a breakthrough. They discovered a much faster way to make the hydrogen necessary to power those fuel cells. This new technique…
Birdland is celebrating a birth. For the first time in five years, a King penguin chick has finally hatched from the United Kingdom’s only breeding King penguins. Right now the featherless baby is not flashy. Soon, though, it will grow…
As the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11 arrives, the new complex on Ground Zero is gradually reaching completion. Both the memorial, featuring two large fountains where each tower stood, and the museum, filled with eye-witness accounts and artifacts from the attack, are…
The Internet may soon become a cyber toll road. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is pushing new rules allowing heavier Internet regulation. The FCC believes the government should be more aware of what is happening on the World Wide Web.…
People aren’t the only ones saving New Mexico’s Sacramento salamanders. Dogs are helping, too. While road work threatens to interfere with a section of mountain where many of these salamanders live, volunteers are recruiting dogs like Samson, a Labrador retriever,…