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Detect and Protect

Tyler Quigley
Knowing when you are sick and what illness you have is the first step to helping your body fight back. Immunologist Douglas Lake gets to design and build tests that can tell us what virus we have, or how well our body is fighting it.

EcoChains

Stephanie Pfirman J.J. Lee

Play EcoChains

EcoChains is a game that introduces you to arctic life and ice that is so very important for survival. This is a fun way to learn about the food web that includes living things from very tiny to the very large and those in between - like humans. Learn more about EcoChains.

You can also dig further into cooler life in Life In The Arctic.

Cells, Frozen in Time

Risa Aria Schnebly
If a living organism freezes, it can die. But by freezing living cells at just the right temperature, scientists can preserve living cells instead of killing them.
Large cities are often hotter than their rural surroundings, so what does that mean for city animals? At least for ants, it looks like these city dwellers may be better prepared to take the heat. A leaf-cutter ant carrying a piece of a leaf Jordan R. Glass

Searching for Alien Life

Finlay Warsop Thomas
Is there life on other planets? Let’s take a look at how scientists are trying to solve this mystery.

What Is the Menstrual Cycle?

Emily Santora
Most girls around the world have periods, but how and why do periods happen? Periods are part of the menstrual cycle, which is an essential part of the female reproductive system.

Summarizing Sex Traits

Risa Aria Schnebly
Our biological sex affects the way we look in some obvious ways, like deciding what body parts we are born with. But, it also has effects on a range of other sexual traits that you might not expect.

Secrets in Sewers

Challie Facemire
Most of us don’t think of the sewers as an exciting place. But these and other waterways are where Rolf Halden is finding and solving many mysteries.

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Periods

Emily Santora
Estrogen and testosterone are two hormones that cause puberty. But what happens when the body doesn’t produce the amounts of hormones that it usually does?
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