1. A researcher at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been toying with the speed of light. What has she done?
Slowed it way down.

2. In their search for cancer-killing medication, drug researchers have turned to the sea. Which type of sea life might help doctors attack cancer?
A soft, delicate sea plant.

3. Scientists recently discovered that sandpipers have a "high-tech" method for finding food. What is it?
Pressure sensitive beak sensors.

4. New research says that Venus could tell us a lot about something on Earth. What is it?
The climate.

5. A scientist named Thomas Gold claims that there is life living way underground--several miles underground! What kind of living organism is he talking about?
Simple bacteria.