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Stretchy ice cream in action: A chilled bowl of the stuff is stretched out during a demonstration. <br>[Credit: Anne E. McBride]
Stretchy ice cream in action: A chilled bowl of the stuff is stretched out during a demonstration.
[Credit: Anne E. McBride]

Cool Chemistry: Stretchy Ice Cream

Science and tradition meet when chemists cook up stretchy Turkish ice cream.

 
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By Rachel Mahan, July 18th, 2008

Evolution Quiz

Get video answers from Rob DeSalle, an evolution expert.

By Rachel Mahan, July 16th, 2008

A Garden in the Bronx

How a small urban farm is helping one community eat well without leaving the neighborhood.

By Victoria Stern, June 27th, 2008

Rewarding Recycling

A program that rewards recyclers is growing, even in a state that once boasted some of the highest recycling rates.

By Natalie Peretsman, June 12th, 2008

Move Over String Theory, It’s Yarn’s Turn

A group of mathematicians is taking a new look at some old problems and using crafts like knitting and crocheting to solve them.

By Stuart Fox, May 28th, 2008

Snacks Slideshow

On tour with the “Wildman”

By Molika Ashford, February 13th, 2008

Long-term Forecasting

Scientists use environmental and historical data to predict hurricanes months in advance.

By Andrew Grant, January 9th, 2008

Why is it taking Iran so long to make a nuclear weapon? Didn’t it only take the US four years to invent them?

- asks Herman Blount of Birmingham, AL

By Stuart Fox, November 20th, 2007

How do bikes balance when we ride them?

- asks Ariel from Vermont

By Molika Ashford, November 5th, 2007

How come my sleep cycle gets so out of wack?

- asks Erica from Brooklyn

By Meredith Knight, October 15th, 2007

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