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Harold Kroto shared a Nobel in 1996 for finding a new type of carbon molecule that ignited the field of nanotechnology. Find a passion where — with hard work — you can be the best, he advises.

Girls often outperform boys in science and math at an early age but are less likely to choose tough courses in high school. An Israeli experiment demonstrates how biases of teachers affect students.

A Flood Warning is in effect along the Missouri River.The National Weather Service in Omaha issued a Flood Warning for Decatur and Omaha. It’s in effect…

In Romania, a cobbler crafted leather shoes two and a half feet long. You flop around, as if in swimming fins, and it is suddenly hard to get too close to other people.

Years before he got diagnosed with Parkinson's, Joy Milne noticed her husband's characteristic scent had changed. The discovery that she could smell his illness has opened up a new field of research.

Popular physicist Brian Greene just opened the virtual doors to his World Science U, a resource for those who want to know more. Commentator Adam Frank says it's worth the trip.

Aubri Juhasz is a news assistant for NPR's All Things Considered.

Water utilities and chemical companies are mounting legal challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's recent rule putting limits on six “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

So far everything looks good for a possible docking with the station on Friday by the company's Dragon capsule.