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CHEMISTRY Running Out of Chocolate? People find chocolate hard to resist. But in the future, there might not be enough of the treat to go around.

BIOLOGY Sugarcoating the Truth How the sugar industry shaped your diet by funding bad science

CHEMISTRY Sweet Science Learn how chemistry and engineering transform ordinary sugar into cotton candy.

CHEMISTRY Extreme Candy Food scientists use chemistry to create sour, fiery, fizzy, and weird-tasting treats to tantalize your taste buds

GROSS OUT Moldy Twinkie Read a gross science article about a long-expired snack cake.

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CHEMISTRY The Jelly Belly Factory Watch a video about how jelly beans are made.

ENGINEERING A Trip to the Pencil Factory Watch a video about one of the last pencil factories in the U.S.

EARTH SCIENCE Follow That Bottle Watch a video about what happens to recycled waste.

ENGINEERING Meet Mr. Trash Wheel Watch a video showing Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel in action.

COOL STEM JOBS Underwater Explorer Watch a video about ocean health and protecting the Channel Islands Naitonal Park in California.