Ripped From the Journals: The Biggest Discoveries of the Week
Duck Flu Defense? Tamiflu From Urine Builds Up Downstream
Spying Made Simple: Wi-Fi Signals Used to See Through Walls
A Single Genetic Tweak Gives Mice Longer, Healthier Lives
This Week in Swine Flu: Pregnant Women’s Concerns & Hospital Woes
To Detect Domestic Abuse Earlier, Call in a Robo-Doc
Study: Strange Planet Has Atmosphere of Gaseous Rock—and It Rains Pebbles
A Fossil Named Ardi Shakes Up Humanity’s Family Tree
Take Down the Dams, and Make Way for Salmon!
19th Century Mummy Autopsy Flubbed the Cause of Death
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In honor of today’s U2 Conference (where I’ll be speaking at ... October 03, 2009 11:15 PM |
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What do you call snail locomotion? (Walking is obviously not right. ... October 03, 2009 07:47 PM |
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I love the cover of the paperback version of my book Death from the ... October 03, 2009 09:01 AM |
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Years ago, I worked with producer and director Tom Lucas on a documentary, ... October 02, 2009 04:00 PM |
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Weekly News Roundup: Judical Tweets and Lamps that Want Your Blood • ZOMG! U.K. court tweets its ruling against a Twitter impostor. • Nerds ... October 02, 2009 01:56 PM |
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The 9 Industries That Will Be Most Screwed by Global Warming
If climate change reaches scientists' more dire predictions, it could change every facet of our society. But some industries will be especially hammered. October 02, 2009 |
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Is Alzheimer's Like a Strange Form of Brain Cancer? Biochemist Peter Davies suspects the vast majority of research is on the wrong track: The disease is caused by improper cell division, not plaques or tangles. October 02, 2009 |
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The Big Idea That Might Beat Cancer and Cut Health-Care Costs by 80 Percent Paul Ewald says infections are responsible for at least four-fifths of all cancers—and we have the tools to prevent them. September 30, 2009 |
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Former Nature editor John Maddox on one of the most famous scientists of our age September 29, 2009 |
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Reading Women's Biological Clocks
Computational geneticist Tara Matise looks for biomarkers that predict when women will become infertile. September 29, 2009 |
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20 Things You Didn't Know About... A typical hurricane releases some 600 trillion watts of heat energy, equivalent to 200 times the world’s total electrical generating capacity. |
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Where Does Sex Live in the Brain? From Top to Bottom. Neuroscientists explore the mind's sexual side and discover that desire is not quite what we thought it was. |
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Hint: It represents a best-selling piece of literature. |
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Thanks, Evolution, For Making the Great Building Material Called DNA Electronic computers are great at what they do. But to accomplish really complicated physical tasks—like building an insect—Erik Winfree says you have to grow them from DNA. |
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Since 2005, Swiss pathologist Frank Rühli has focused on the cause of death for patients who died thousands of years ago. |
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The Device That Will Keep Your Mini-Laptop From Melting As computers get smaller, keeping them cool has become a major problem—until now. |
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The Best Gadgets to Buy This Month Devices that are smart, green, portable, and super tough |
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The Kilogram Isn't What It Used to Be—It's Lighter Within a high-security, climate-controlled vault in France, the perfect kilogram is getting ever so slightly less massive—and no one knows why. |
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The Sneaky Pain That Fooled 6 Experts A sore hip launches a patient on an odyssey through the world of medical care before giving way to a surprisingly simple conclusion. |
