Traveling Pollution
Toxic Waste and how it spreads when it's stored underground
Reading in the Dark
Can reading in the dark hurt your eyes? (yep, can cause myopia, especially if you're under 25)
Hair Analysis
Different people have different chemical hair profiles, so identifying people by hair samples may be possible.
Fall Colors
Red color in leaves protects leaves from damage from ultraviolet light.
Long-Life Genes
Long life may be inherited- and those genes may be located on chromosome 4
Deep Quakes
Exploring how the abundant mineral olivine changes to spinel in the earth's mantle could unlock the reasons behind earthquakes
Wealth of Nations
Countries with frost benefit with less disease, better soil, leading to richer economies
Aging Genes
Gene expression changes negatively as we age, but in rats, cutting calories reverses some of those changes.
Hot Clouds
Studying how clouds affect sunlight can lead to better understanding of Earth's climate.
Biological Antifreeze
Making analogs of an Arctic fish's antifreeze protein could lead to biologically safe antifreeze.
Earthquake History
Digging into the ground around faults reveal evidence of earthquakes up to 20,000 years ago, and could perhaps help researchers predict future ones.
Cranes and Planes
Teaching baby whooping cranes to fly behind an ultralight to learn how they're supposed to migrate.
Vanishing Cloud
Corporation has created a powder that can absorb all of the moisture in a cloud, making it disappear.
Spinach and Sight
The photosynthesis photoreceptors in spinach may be used to replace diseased-damaged photoreceptors in the eye.
Mars Models
Creating and testing Mars-like sedimentary rocks to learn about geology on Mars.
Artificial Nerve Networks
Creating tiny, working networks of rat brain cells on glass.
Adaptive Optics
Bendable mirrors that can deform to provide a clearer view of the stars
Copper in the Kitchen
Copper and its alloys kill virulent E. coli, but stainless steel does not.
Steady Cam
Measuring how people hold limbs steady to unlock the secrets of tremors.
First Americans
The first inhabitants of the New World were related to aboriginal Japanese, not ancestors of modern-day Asian inhabitants.
Fat Taste Buds
Just tasting fat sends your trigyleride levels up, increasing your body's absorption of fat
Skunk Smell
Have the chemicals in skunk musk ever been used in any beneficial way? (yep, in cover scent, aproduct that hunters use to hide scent from animals)
Lawn Nitrates
Measuring fertilizer runoff from a lab-lawn to see how much gets into drinking water, etc.