They Never Told Her That Girls Could Become Scientists
Now she knows they can. Mireille Kamariza, who grew up in Burundi, is a graduate student at Stanford, working on a promising new test to detect the TB bacteria.
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Students Zap Their Brains For a Boost, For Better Or Worse
Stimulating the brain with electrical currents is exploratory technology. But people are making and buying devices that do that for use at home — and interest rises around exam time.
NASA Faces The Unknown In Preparing For Trump Administration
President-elect Donald Trump has not provided many specifics about what he plans to do with NASA. But private companies are expected to take a bigger role in space travel in the coming years.
Why You Should Call Your Grandmother
Research about senior citizens by the University of California, San Francisco finds people who are lonely have a higher mortality rate. Companionship may be more important than income or health.
Would You Eat This Fish? A Shark Called Dogfish Makes A Tasty Taco
About 90 percent of the fish Americans eat is imported, yet fish caught off our shores is often exported. New efforts are promoting locally caught fish, especially ones we've never appreciated before.
Scientists Work To Bring Back Once-Thriving American Chestnut Tree
The American chestnut tree used to make up a quarter of the forests in the eastern U.S., but disease decimated these trees in the last century. Now there's an effort to restore the American chestnut.
A Really Big Crack In An Antarctic Ice Shelf Just Got Bigger
If the rift gets long enough, Antarctica will lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware.
Are Snowflakes Actually That Unique?
With snowfall on the minds of residents across the state, one may be reminded of that old adage - “No two snowflakes are alike.”
Well, turns out, that's not exactly true.
North Korea 'Very Far Along' In Developing New Ballistic Missile
Many independent arms control experts suspect that North Korea will test a missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. later this year. There may not be much the U.S. can do about it.
A Neighborhood On A Crayfish
If you're a crayfish, North Carolina is where it's at. In general, the state is among the most biologically-diverse for several reasons. Additionally, there are a couple of thoughts as to why we live in the Mudbug Mecca. In a way, crayfish are islands unto themselves. Most species carry with them Branchiobdellida, a species of worm that live life on the clawed critter.