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Seen one solid, you’ve seen them all, right? Of course not. In fact, researchers recently developed a whole new type of solid that might be the key to future technologies, from clean energy to more powerful smartphones and computers.

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Researchers, with a little help from fireflies, are developing new tools for studying cancer by applying their knowledge of electronegativity and bonding.

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What do we do about the microscopic particle of all-things-bad coronavirus? Well, to quote Matt Damon in The Martian: We’re going to have to science the *bleep* out of this. And it’s never been more important to remember how science works.

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There are more than 100,000 people in the United States in need of a healthy organ, whether liver, kidney, heart, or something else. Wouldn’t it be great if instead of having to wait for a donor, we could just print healthy organs, on-demand, for anyone who needs them? It sounds bonkers, but thanks to some cool chemistry, it just might one day be a reality.

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As traditional carbon-based sources of energy are dwindling, it’s easy to cheer for solar and wind power to seize the moment and drag us out of the climate crisis bed we have made for ourselves. However, there is a pretty big problem with green energy sources: How do we store them for a cloudy or windless day? Enter the battery–but not just any battery. A super cool battery. Check out this lesson to learn more.

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Natural history museum collections house some truly odd things, from random bits of fossil and bone to whole organisms preserved forever in jars of icky liquid. In this lesson, a team of scientists examine 100+-year-old birds and come to find out that these creatures from the past have a lot to say about our future.

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