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Piercing a buried polar lake

By Janet Raloff / January 29, 2013

This 1,000-meter hose — spooled onto an enormous and very heavy container — was used as a drill to pierce deeply through Antarctica’s ice. Credit: J. Raloff/Science News for Kids

Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.

Posted in Earth | Tagged Antarctic Sun, Antarctica, bacteria, Brent Christner, ecology, ecosystems, Frank Rack, germs, getinvolved, hot-water drill, ice sheet, Jill Mikucki, John Priscu, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Vostok, Lake Whillans, Louisiana State University, Martin Siegert, microbes, microbiology, polar science, South Pole, subglacial lakes, Tristy Vick-Majors, University of Bristol, University of Montana, University of Nebraska, University of Tennessee, viruses, WISSARD

Cool Jobs: The science of secrets

By Susan Gaidos / October 31, 2012

Chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The chickadee gets its name from its distinctive call. The greater the danger, the more “dees” a chickadee adds to the call’s end. Credit: Christopher N. Templeton

Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages

Posted in STEM Careers, Technology & Engineering | Tagged acoustics, Adaptation, Aequorea Victoria, agar, animal behavior, Antibiotics, bacteria, bird of prey, bird song, birdsong, chickadee, Chris Templeton, codes, colors, cool jobs, crime, criminal, cryptography, David Walt, decode, decryption, detective, digital, electronics, encryption, FBI, feature, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fluorescence, fluorescent protein, forensic, global positioning system, GPS, Heather Mahalik, investigator, invisible ink, jellyfish, key, merlin, microbiology, patterns, predator, pygmy owl, raptor, sonogram, topstories, Tufts University, University of Montana, University of St. Andrews, warning calls