Can Sports Drinks Lead to the Erosion of Tooth Enamel?
Do you drink Gatorade or Powerade? How about Vitamin Water or Propel? These drinks may be great for boosting your energy, but they...
Corn for Fuel or Corn for Food?
Corn is a food that is essential to almost everybody, because it is found in important products such as medicine, cleaning supplies, and,...
Asthma and Air Pollution
Sammy could feel her chest tightening. Suddenly, she realized that she could no longer breathe. What had started out as a normal school...
Living with a Diabetic Dad
My Dad was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he was only 39 years old. “At first I was in disbelief and that...
Hot Threads
Larry Cazer, maintenance worker at St. Joseph’s Academy, came home one day in November of 2011 to find his house charred, smothered in black...
Cell Phones May Increase Risk for Brain Cancer
Have you ever wondered whether it is a healthy idea to hold your cell phone, a device that emits electromagnetic radiation, so close...
New Views of Old Creatures
Dinosaurs were once thought to be drab, grey and scaly. But a find announced in August, 2011, shows that this isn’t true. A...
Serious Risks with Indoor Tanning
Corrine, a high school student, talks to her friends about going tanning at a local tanning salon after school. She uses the tanning...
A Simple Solution to a Sunny Situation
For many years, the sun’s damaging effects on the skin have been common knowledge. But much more recently, scientists have linked sun damage...
Teens Compete at the Brain Bee
Teens Compete at the Second Annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee. What's a Brain Bee? SciJourner Reporter David Hoffelmeyer investigates. ...