The Truth Is Out There: Do Area 51 Files Hold Secrets of UFOs?

Contributed by Donya

http://www.livescience.com/54742-declassified-area-51-files.html

Credit: Public domain

Let's Not Hug It Out With Our Dogs

Contributed by Elizabeth

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476212898/lets-not-hug-it-out-with-our-dogs

image: Kristina Stas/iStockphoto.com

Scientists Drilled into the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here's What They Found

Contributed by Ava and Kendra

http://www.livescience.com/54756-lake-whillans-antarctica-secret-underworld.html

Credit: WISSARD project

THIS 18-YEAR-OLD INVENTED A COFFEE MUG THAT CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.popsci.com/this-18-year-old-invented-coffee-mug-that-can-charge-your-phone-0

image: Courtesy Nan Fisher Entertainment

The Bird That Thinks It's a Chain Saw

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-bird-that-thinks-it-s-a-chain-saw/

Credit: Attis —Own Work via Wikimedia Commons—Public Domain

Hyperloop Tech prepares for historic public test, changes name

Contributed by Elizabeth

http://mashable.com/2016/05/10/hyperloop-one-test/#AWhrnP.OogqL

Image: Hyperloop one

Bionic Implant Improves Vision for Some Eye Patients

Contributed by Donya

http://www.livescience.com/54665-bionic-implant-improves-vision.html

Credit: Andrey VP/Shutterstock.com

E-Cigarettes: What Vaping Does to Your Body

Contributed by Ava

http://www.livescience.com/54754-what-e-cigarettes-do-in-your-body.html

Credit: mangojuicy/Shutterstock.com

Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur?

Contributed by Victoria

http://www.livescience.com/54574-can-we-clone-dinosaurs.html

Credit: releon8211 / Shutterstock.com

This newly discovered jellyfish looks like something out of 'Avatar'

Contributed by Ms. Ghazarian

http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/jellyfish-in-mariana-trench/#hUAFkJVXikqI

image: NOAA

Not so sweet: Fake sugar found at sea

Contributed by Violet

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/not-so-sweet-fake-sugar-found-sea

ADAM BARTLETT/FLICKR (CC-BY 2.0)

Feed Additive Squelches Ruminants' Methane Belches

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feed-additive-squelches-ruminants-methane-belches/

Relevant article for further reading:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm

Breathing very dirty air may boost obesity risk

Contributed by Violet

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/breathing-very-dirty-air-may-boost-obesity-risk

BY 螺钉/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Why Don't Fish Have Necks?

Contributed by Victoria

http://www.livescience.com/54430-why-fish-do-not-have-necks.html

Credit: Alex Bruce | Shutterstock.com

Mutant mosquitoes are enlisted in fight against Zika virus

Contributed by Sam

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/05/mutant-mosquitoes-battle-zika-virus.html/

File Photo/Agence France-Presse

Bionic Implant Improves Vision for Some Eye Patients

Contributed by Donya

http://www.livescience.com/54665-bionic-implant-improves-vision.html

Credit: Andrey VP/Shutterstock.com

Surprising, Vibrant Reef Discovered in the Muddy Amazon

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/220416-Amazon-coral-reef-Brazil-ocean-river-fish/

PHOTOGRAPH BY RODRIGO MOURA

Top 10 Worst Oil Spills

Contributed by Charlie

http://www.livescience.com/6363-top-10-worst-oil-spills.html

Credit: USCG

Self-Filling Water Bottle Converts Humid Air into Drinkable H2O

Contributed by Donya

http://www.livescience.com/53401-fontus-converts-humidity-into-water.html

Credit: Kristof Retezár

Flexible Camera Wraps Around Objects to Capture 360-Degree Views

Contributed by Donya

http://www.livescience.com/54470-thin-flexible-camera-wraps-around-objects.html

Credit: Computer Vision Laboratory/Columbia University

Dinosaur Decline Started Long Before Asteroid Impact

Contributed by Victoria

http://www.livescience.com/54464-dinosaurs-were-declining-before-asteroid.html

Credit: ESA/P. Carril

Longer Legs Linked to Cancer Risk

Contributed by Victoria

http://www.livescience.com/54472-longer-legs-linked-to-colon-cancer-risk.html

Credit: Stanislav Fridkin/Shutterstock.com

This Is What Feeling Hungry Does To Your Brain

Contributed by Lauren

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hunger-decision-making-study_us_5715402fe4b0018f9cbacbe5?ir=Science&section=us_science&utm_hp_ref=science

PEOPLEIMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES

The Ocular Illustrationists: Inside America's Prosthetic Eye Dynasty

Contributed by Lauren

http://testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com/eyedynasty/

photo: Savannah O'Leary/The Huffington Post

THIS MASK LETS YOU SMELL THE RAINBOW

Contributed by Lauren

http://www.popsci.com/this-mask-lets-you-smell-rainbow

Photo: Audrey Love

This Tiny Scanner Will Tell You Exactly What Is In Your Food

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.businessinsider.com/scio-handheld-food-scanner-calorie-counter-2014-5

Photo: Consumer Physics

'Missing Oil' from 2010 BP Spill Found on Gulf Seafloor

Contributed by Beckett

http://www.livescience.com/49664-deepwater-horizon-missing-oil.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=most-popular

Credit: Jeff Chanton

The reasons why bird wings are so amazing

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160321-the-revealing-world-of-bird-wings

Credit: Arco Images GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo

Singularity University: The Harvard of Silicon Valley Is Planning for a Robot Apocalypse

Contributed by Donya

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/05/singularity-university-the-harvard-of-silicon-valley-is-planning-for-a-robot-apocalypse.html?utm_content=buffer7b396&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast

GROW A BACTERIAL ZOO IN A BOTTLE

Contributed by Lauren

http://www.popsci.com/grow-bacterial-zoo-in-bottle

© AMNH / M. Shanley

Tomorrow's buildings: Is world's greenest office smart?

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35746647

Photo: Ronald Tilleman

This tiny piece of paper can keep fruits and vegetables fresh 2 to 4 times longer

Contributed by Charlotte

http://www.upworthy.com/this-tiny-piece-of-paper-can-keep-fruits-and-vegetables-fresh-2-to-4-times-longer?c=ufb3

photo: Fenugreen

5D Black Holes Could Break Relativity

Contributed by Mason L.

http://www.livescience.com/53857-5d-black-holes-break-general-relativity.html

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

Aaaaaaah, Really? You Would Die If You Didn't Sigh

Contributed by Maria and Jocelyn

http://www.livescience.com/53953-origins-of-sighing-in-brain.html

Credit: Carlos Caetano

Why Dangerous Sinkholes Keep Appearing Along the Dead Sea

Contributed by Mary

http://www.livescience.com/50379-dead-sea-sinkholes.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=more-from-livescience

Credit: Eli Raz

New football helmets could limit brain injuries

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/new-football-helmets-could-limit-brain-injuries?mode=blog&context=4472

STEVE ALVEY/MICHIGAN ENGINEERING

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/26/464464459/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-join-the-fight-to-stop-zika-virus

Nelson Almeida /AFP/Getty Images

Dead Bees Tell a Tale of Dozens of Pesticides

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/03/13/dead-bees-tell-a-tale-of-dozens-of-pesticides?cmpid=tp-ptnr-huffpost&utm_source=huffpost&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=tp-traffic

Photo: Marisa Lubeck/USGS via Flickr

Plant tricks dung beetles by making its seeds look like dung

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28273-plant-tricks-dung-beetles-by-making-its-seeds-look-like-dung/

Image: Joseph Douglas Mandla White

Surfers Invent Floating Trash Bin to Clean Up World's Oceans

Contributed by Violet

http://www.livescience.com/53951-surfers-invent-floating-trash-bin.html

Credit: The Seabin Project

Here's a recipe for cutting food waste

Contributed by Kyra, Charlotte, Chloe and Ava

Message from contributors:

Please discuss your knowledge of food waste and what you think would help the issue of food waste in your home.

https://foodwasteaced.wordpress.com/

image: Shutterstock

From lime green … to lime purple?

Contributed by Lauren

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/lime-green-%E2%80%A6-lime-purple

photo: UF/IFA

USING NANOPARTICLES AND MUSSEL GLUE TO CLEAN UP OIL SPILLS

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://www.popsci.com/superhydrophobic-fiber-inspired-by-mussels-could-lead-to-better-oil-spill-cleanup

Photo: Katrin-Lena/ Flickr CC By ND 2.0

There Is Such a Thing as Plant Intelligence

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160221-plant-science-botany-evolution-mabey-ngbooktalk/

Photo: COURTESY OF W. W. NORTON & COMPANY

Dodo Birds Weren't 'Dodos' After All

Contributed by Maria

http://www.livescience.com/53822-dodo-birds-were-smart.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=more-from-livescience

Credit: Copyright AMNH/C.Chesek

What Do Dogs Dream About?

Contributed by Maria

http://www.livescience.com/53743-dog-dreams.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=more-from-livescience

Credit: Patryk Kosmider / Shutterstock.com

Research team sheds light on 'rightie' or 'leftie' behavior in a scale-eating cichlid

Contributed by Lauren

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160226081157.htm

Credit: Image courtesy of Nagoya University

Solar cells as light as a soap bubble

Contributed by Lauren

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160226133603.htm

Credit: Joel Jean and Anna Osherov, courtesy of MIT

Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory

Contributed by Olivia

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_r=0

Useful Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlg3cr-q44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06_jRK939I

Caltech-M.I.T.-LIGO Lab

Genetically Engineering Algae for Better Biofuel

Contributed by Ms. Lambert

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/july-aug/21-algae-biofuel

photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publication