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Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt]05-24-13
Is Global Warming Cooler than Expected?05-24-13
Girls Who Are Sexually Abused More Likely to Start Using Substances before Age 1005-24-13
3-D Printed Windpipe Gives Infant Breath of Life05-24-13
Studies Cast Doubt on Cancer Drug as Alzheimer's Treatment05-23-13
An Itch Is Not a Low-Level Form of Pain05-23-13
Will Great Wines Prove a Moveable Feast under Global Warming?05-23-13
Infant Tooth Reveals Neandertal Breastfeeding Habits05-22-13
The Wheels Come Off Kepler Planet-Finding Mission05-22-13
Shooting the Wheeze: Whooping Cough Vaccine Falls Short of Previous Shot s Protection05-21-13
Search for Survivors Races On as 91 Feared Dead in Tornado-Hit Oklahoma05-21-13
Why Penguins Cannot Fly05-21-13
Drought Gobbles Up Texas Turkey Hunt05-20-13
Heat Deaths in New York City Predicted to Rise05-20-13
Stress Makes Gorilla Glass Stronger05-20-13
Childhood ADHD Linked to Obesity in Adulthood05-20-13
Very Fine Art: 6 Stunningly Beautiful Nanoscale Sculptures [Slide Show]05-19-13
Antarctic Neutrino Observatory Detects Unexplained High-Energy Particles05-18-13
Audubon's Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show]05-17-13
Google and NASA Snap Up Quantum Computer D-Wave Two05-17-13
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out--and Accidentally Discover LSD [Excerpt]05-17-13
Why Manhattan's Green Roofs Don't Work--and How to Fix Them05-17-13
Fracking Can Be Done Safely, but Will It Be?05-17-13
Shocks to the Brain Improve Mathematical Abilities05-16-13
Fossils Indicate Common Ancestor for Old World Monkeys and Apes05-16-13
400 PPM: Can Artificial Trees Help Pull CO2 from the Air?05-16-13
Why You Should Worry about a Case of Polio in Somalia05-16-13
Rise in Roadkill Requires New Solutions05-16-13
Patient-Specific Human Embryonic Stem Cells Created by Cloning05-15-13
Amazon Be Dammed: Deforestation Undermines Future Viability of Brazil s Hydropower Projects05-15-13
Snowpack, Ice Cover Shrinking on Rocky Mountains05-15-13
Obama Administration Announces 3 Advanced-Manufacturing Innovation Institutes05-15-13
Mercury in Seafood Diet Linked to Fox Die-Off05-09-13
Quantum Meld Brings Photons Together05-09-13
Physics Gets Frothy as Mathematicians Dissect Mister Bubble [Video]05-09-13
Valley Fever Throws Baseball a Curve05-09-13
Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous05-09-13
Interior Secretary: Fracking Regulations Will Be Based on Best Science05-08-13
19 Ways That Art and the LHC Open a Portal to Physics [Interactive]05-08-13
Toxic Waste Sites Take Toll on Millions in Poor Nations05-08-13
Hot Air in Washington, D.C., Might Keep Helium Supply Afloat05-07-13
U.S. Nuclear Warheads Set to Get a Facelift05-07-13
Tests Confirm Pablo Neruda Had Terminal Cancer05-07-13
Shape-Shifting Bat Tongue Mops Up Nectar05-07-13
Cheap Nanotech Filter Clears Hazardous Microbes and Chemicals from Drinking Water05-07-13
Do Electronic Cigarettes Really Help Smokers Quit?05-07-13
Medical Equipment Donated to Developing Nations Usually Ends Up on the Junk Heap05-06-13
U.K. Stockpiles Plutonium in Hopes of Future Energy05-06-13
Johnson & Johnson Removes Some Chemicals from Baby Shampoo, Other Products05-06-13
Chemicals of High Concern Found in Thousands of Children's Products05-06-13
Flame Retardants Linked to Lower IQs, Hyperactivity in Children05-06-13
Airplane to Fly Across U.S. Powered by Sunshine [Slide Show]05-03-13
Lead Poisoning Comes to the Remote Amazon05-02-13
News from the Front in War on Cancer--Mission Not Accomplished05-02-13
Global CO2 Levels Approach Worrisome Milestone05-01-13
Transgenics: A New Breed of Crops05-01-13
A Hard Look at 3 Myths about Genetically Modified Crops05-01-13
Diesel Program Cuts Pollution but Faces Budget Cuts05-01-13
Astronomers Discover New Neighbor Galaxy to the Milky Way05-01-13
Firearms Research: The Gun Fighter04-30-13
Disputed Results a Fresh Blow for Social Psychology04-30-13
3,000 Years of Abusing Earth on a Global Scale04-30-13
Consumers Overwhelmingly Want Higher Mileage Cars04-30-13
Chemicals from Personal Care Products Pervasive in Chicago Air04-30-13
Cicada Wings Are Self-Cleaning04-29-13
Europe Restricts 3 Commonly Used Pesticides in Effort to Protect Honeybees04-29-13
Top 10 Green Buildings Improve Surrounding Environment and Users Health04-29-13
James Cameron Donates His Tricked-Out Deep-Ocean Sub to Science04-29-13
More States Blow the Whistle on High School Football Heat Illness04-29-13
DNA at 60: Still Much to Learn04-28-13
Liver Hormone Offers Hope for Diabetes Treatment04-27-13
Crowdsourcing in Manhunts Can Work04-26-13
Electric Vehicle Market Looks for a Recharge04-26-13
Soils Cannot Lock Away Black Carbon04-26-13
Ted Turner Defends Prairie Underdogs [Excerpt]04-26-13
Cultural Copying and Learning Observed in Monkey and Whale Species04-26-13
Why Didn't Regulators Prevent the Texas Fertilizer Explosion?04-25-13
Diamond Shows Promise for Quantum Internet04-25-13
Fertilizer Plants Spring Up to Take Advantage of U.S. s Cheap Natural Gas04-25-13
Europe Set to Vote on Pesticide Ban to Save Honeybees04-24-13
Will the H7N9 Avian Flu Spread to People Outside Mainland China?04-24-13
Obama Praises Future Scientists at White House Science Fair04-24-13
Follow That Bike!04-23-13
House Built by Evolutionary Theorist Alfred Russel Wallace Up for Sale - £1.5 Million04-23-13
Gut Microbe Makes Diesel Biofuel04-23-13
Hurricane Irene Might Have Triggered Virginia Earthquake Aftershocks04-22-13
New York City Bets on a Recycling Comeback04-22-13
NASA Satellite Images Provide Clues to Understanding Fire across the Globe [Slide Show]04-22-13
The Mathematical Butterfly: Simulations Provide New Insights on Flight04-22-13
Getting 3-D Printing and Next-Generation Manufacturing to the Factory Floor [Video]04-22-13
Energy-Harvesting Street Tiles Generate Power from Pavement Pounder04-20-13
Obama s 2014 Science Budget Proposal Revitalizes STEM Education, Reduces Environmental Conservation04-19-13
"Way Too Bright" Supernova Eludes Astronomers04-19-13
The Solar Cell That Turns 1 Photon into 2 Electrons04-18-13
Planet-Seeking Spacecraft Spies Water Worlds04-18-13
Epidemiological Endgame: Is Polio on the Brink of Eradication?04-18-13
Murderous Mail: How Dangerous Are the D.C. Ricin Attacks?04-18-13
Is High-Tech Security at Public Events Counterproductive?04-18-13
'Coelacanth' Genome Unlocked04-17-13
From Baghdad to Boston: War Lessons on Amputations Help Blast Victims Walk Again04-17-13
In Second Case of Flawed Drug Research, FDA Response Was Slow and Secretive04-17-13
Ricin: What Is It?04-17-13
FDA Promises to Flex Regulatory Muscle to Oversee Compounding Pharmacies, but May Need Help04-17-13
On the Rebound, New England Oysters Face Climate Change Threat04-17-13
Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Exacerbates Climate Change04-17-13
Ill-Advised: Researchers Agree Puzzling New Bird Flu Should Be Taken Seriously04-16-13
FDA Lets Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market04-16-13
Dark Matter Signals Recorded in Minnesota Mine04-16-13
Is the World's Top Neuroscience Group Quashing Dissent on the U.S. BRAIN Initiative?04-15-13
Lab-Grown Kidneys Transplanted into Rats Become Functional04-15-13
DNA Tests Offer Quicker Results for Beach Bacteria04-15-13
Can Evolution Beat Climate Change?04-15-13
Organic Pollutants Now Accumulating in Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau04-11-13
Neighborhood Watch: New NASA Mission Will Propel Detailed Investigations of Nearby Exoplanets04-11-13
Wild Weather Can Send Greenhouse Gases Spiraling04-11-13
Supreme Court Set to Hear Arguments on Whether Human Genes Can Be Patented04-11-13
Can Forensics Establish Whether Pablo Neruda Was Poisoned?04-11-13
Oldest Dinosaur Embryo Fossils Discovered in China04-11-13
Fishermen Report on Catches from Beyond the Grave04-10-13
Turn Up the Juice: New Flywheel Raises Hopes for Energy Storage Breakthrough04-10-13
Farmer Regulate Thyself: Agribusiness Takes Food Safety into Its Own Hands04-10-13
Source of Novel Avian Flu Outbreak Urgently Sought04-09-13
High-Altitude Ice Reveals a Climate on the Rocks04-09-13
Consume with Care: Could Retail Clinics Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions?04-09-13
Consumption Junction: Childhood Obesity Determined Largely by Environmental Factors, Not Genes or Sloth04-09-13
Bigger Not Always Better for Penis Size [Video]04-08-13
"Iron Lady" Took Strong Stance on Climate Change04-08-13
Hospitals Fail to Take Simple Measures to Thwart Deadly Infections, Says Survey04-08-13
Red Meat Clogs Arteries Because of Gut Bacteria04-07-13
Can Soil Replace Oil as a Source of Energy? [Excerpt]04-05-13
Linked Renewables Could Help Germany Avoid Blackouts04-05-13
Quantum Noise-Beating Technique with Entangled Photons Demonstrated for First Time04-05-13
Does Tar Sand Oil Increase the Risk of Pipeline Spills?04-04-13
High School Students Debate Climate Change: Adapt or Geoengineer?04-04-13
Dark Matter Signal Possibly Registered on International Space Station04-03-13
Deciphering the Program of the World's First Computer [Video]04-03-13
China Estimated to Dramatically Underreport Its Overseas Fishing Catch04-03-13
Blinded by the Light: Wrecked Up by Our Juice, Another Citizen of the Night [Slide Show]04-02-13
Mink Young Jeopardized by Industrial Chemicals04-02-13
Psychiatry Tries to Aid Traumatized Chimps in Captivity04-02-13
Fish Uses Chemical Cloaking to Hide from Prey04-01-13
India Court Ruling Upholds Access to Cheaper, Generic Drugs04-01-13
Gentle or Jumping? The Varied Lives of "Hot Jupiters"04-01-13
Cool It: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle?04-01-13
The Science of Storytelling: Live Stream on Saturday, 10 PM EDT03-30-13
Root Fungus Stores a Surprising Amount of the Carbon Sequestered in Soil03-28-13
Airplanes Bear High Levels of Flame Retardants03-28-13
Is the U.S. Exporting Coal Pollution?03-28-13
Drier Climate May Spread Diarrhea03-28-13
Shorter Winters Chip Away at New York State Logging Town's Future03-28-13
Cloud Warriors: U.S. Army Intelligence to Arm Field Ops with Hardened Network and Smartphones03-28-13
Gut-Microbe Swap Helps with Weight Loss03-27-13
First Mini-Supernovas Discovered03-27-13
An Arbitrary Number of Years Since Mathematician Paul Erd s Birth03-26-13
Efforts to Resuscitate Extinct Species May Spawn a New Era of the Hybrid03-26-13
How the Higgs Boson Might Spell Doom for the Universe03-26-13
Getting the Big Picture: BMC Ecology Image Competition Winners [Slide Show]03-25-13
Quick-Change Planet: Do Global Climate Tipping Points Exist?03-25-13
Text Mining Uncovers U.S. Emotion and British Reserve03-22-13
Serotonin Receptors Offer Clues to New Antidepressants03-22-13
Triassic Extinction Tied to Massive Lava Spills03-22-13
Mathematical Impressions: An Exploration of Symmetric Structures [Video]03-22-13
Dye Me a River: How a Revolutionary Textile Coloring Compound Tainted a Waterway [Excerpt]03-22-13
Genetically Engineered Immune Cells Found to Rapidly Clear Leukemia Tumors03-21-13
Seeding Atlantic Ocean with Volcanic Iron Did Little to Lower CO203-21-13
New View of Primordial Universe Confirms Sudden 'Inflation' after Big Bang03-21-13
Strength in Numbers: Mathematicians Unite to Tackle Climate Change and Other Planetary Problems03-21-13
Giant Squid Reality: There Were Once Few Kraken to Release03-20-13
Belgian Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for Shaping Algebraic Geometry03-20-13
A Quantum Leap for Basketball 'Bracketology'03-20-13
Failure Becomes an Option for Infrastructure Engineers Facing Climate Change03-20-13
Star Performers: The Magellanic Clouds03-20-13
Flashing Fish Brains Filmed in Action03-19-13
Major Fuel, Emission Savings Unlikely in Automobiles03-19-13
Will We Kill Off Today's Animals If We Revive Extinct Ones?03-19-13
Deus ex Cicada: Are Predatory Bird Populations Influenced by Cicadas Odd Life Cycles?03-19-13
Swallows May Be Evolving to Dodge Traffic03-18-13
Fish Cannot Smell in Polluted Waters03-18-13
Earthquakes Make Gold Veins in an Instant03-18-13
Tread Lightly: Labels That Translate Calories into Walking Distance Could Induce People to Eat Less03-18-13
Famous 'HeLa' Human Cell Line Gets Its DNA Sequenced03-15-13
Quantum Teleportation in Space Explored as Message Encryption Solution03-15-13
Wildlife Trade Meeting Endorses DNA Testing of Seized Ivory03-14-13
Life Found Deep Inside Earth's Oceanic Crust03-14-13
First Birds Might Have Flown on Four Wings03-14-13
Massive Resistance: Bed Bugs' Genetic Armor Shields Them from Pesticides03-14-13
Long-lasting Chemicals May Harm Sea Turtles03-14-13
Barreling Ahead: Whiskey-Makers Break Cherished Traditions to Create New Flavors03-14-13
Puzzling Super-Dense Space Objects Could Be a New Type of Planet03-14-13
Brain Researchers Can Detect Who We Are Thinking About03-14-13
Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, Transform Higher Education and Science03-13-13
Painkillers Could Prove Helpful in Stem-Cell Transplants03-13-13
Will Alternative Energy Growth Tank During New Fossil-Fuel Glut? [Slide Show]03-13-13
Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Habitability03-13-13
The Mystery of the Vanishing DDT in the Ocean Near Los Angeles03-13-13
Anybody Home? Next-Gen Telescopes Could Pick Up Hints of Extraterrestrial Life03-12-13
DDT Linked to High Blood Pressure in Women03-12-13
Sequestered Science: How Research Got Tied Up with Federal Dollars [Timeline]03-12-13
Ancient Infrared-Emitting Egyptian Pigment Could Be Useful as Nano-Ink03-11-13
A Silver (Actually Cesium) Lining: Traces of Fukushima Disaster Fallout Help Scientists Track Tuna03-11-13
Red Wine's Link to Health Gains Support03-08-13
Global Average Temperatures Are Close to 11,000-Year Peak03-08-13
How to Make Impossible Wallpaper03-08-13
Yes, Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs Now What?03-08-13
Still in Search of the Energy Unknown: A Q&A with ARPA-E Director Cheryl Martin03-07-13
Metal Oxide Chips Show Promise as Transistors03-07-13
Women in Biotechnology: Barred from the Boardroom03-06-13
Salt Linked to Autoimmune Diseases03-06-13
Moore's Law Found to Apply to Evolution of Technologies Beyond Transistors03-06-13
Melting Arctic Ice Will Make Way for More Ships and More Species Invasions03-06-13
Physicists Twist Water into Knots03-06-13
5 Shark Species May Gain Protection Boost from New Findings03-06-13
Commercial Space Race Heats Up as Antares Rocket Creeps Up on Falcon 903-05-13
Yes, a Child Has Been Pronounced Cured of HIV but Can It Be Duplicated?03-05-13
Monkeys Stay Away from Mean People03-05-13
Will Canada s Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Muck Up Its Pacific Coast?03-05-13
Bendable Needles Developed to Deliver Stem-Cells into Brains03-05-13
Insect Wings Shred Bacteria to Pieces03-05-13
Putting Tests to the Test: Many Medical Procedures Prove Unnecessary and Risky03-05-13
Blood Plasma Found to Have Stretchy Properties03-04-13
Clearing Forests May Transform Local and Global Climate03-04-13
Crawl Space: Invasive Ant Armies Clash on U.S. Soil03-02-13
Ice Core Data Help Solve a Global Warming Mystery03-01-13
Forensic Exam of King Richard the Lionheart Reveals Embalming Practices03-01-13
Third 'Van Allen Radiation Belt' Makes Appearance around Earth03-01-13
Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt]03-01-13
New Study Links BPA and Childhood Asthma03-01-13
Does One Type of Bacteria Cause Acne?: Zit All Depends02-28-13
Prevailing Winds Protected Most Residents from Fukushima Fallout02-28-13
Lead Poisoning in Detroit Children Drops 70 Percent Since 200402-28-13
Having Sons Can Shorten a Woman's Life Expectancy02-28-13
Environmental Concerns Reach Fever Pitch over Plan to Link Red Sea to Dead Sea02-27-13
Geneticists Estimate Publication Date Of The 'Iliad'02-27-13
Doubts Emerge on the Value of Very Low Cholesterol Levels02-27-13
Live Chat on Compulsive Hoarding -- Tuesday, February 26 at 4 P.M. EST02-26-13
Data Stretching Back to 1959 May Explain Link Between Environment and Breast Cancer02-26-13
Elephant Seals Help Find Missing Piece in Global Climate Puzzle02-25-13
Women's Exposure to Chemicals May Explain Unexpected Breast Cancer02-25-13
Long-Lost Continent Found under the Indian Ocean02-25-13
New Geothermal Data System Could Open Up Clean-Energy Reserves02-25-13
Fall of Ancient Empire Linked to Crisis in Syria02-22-13
Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt]02-22-13
Fungicide Use Surges, Largely Unmonitored02-22-13
Nepalis Adapt to Changing Climate02-22-13
Siberian Caves Reveal Advancing Permafrost Thaw02-21-13
Newt Finding Might Set Back Efforts to Regrow Human Limbs02-21-13
Childhood Cancer Is a Neglected Disease02-21-13
Bumblebees Sense Electric Fields in Flowers02-21-13
Nitrogen Pollution Soars in China02-20-13
China Slow to Start Fracking for Natural Gas in Shale02-20-13
Diminutive Discovery: Moon-Size Exoplanet Circling Sun-Like Star Smallest Yet02-20-13
Can Ethanol from Corn Be Made Sustainable?02-20-13
Predictable Evolution Trumps Randomness of Mutations02-20-13
Do Low Doses of BPA Harm People?02-20-13
Upstream Battle: Fishes Shun Modern Dam Passages, Contributing to Population Declines02-20-13
United Nations Panel Calls Hormone Disruptors a "Global Threat"02-19-13
Influential Few Predict Behavior of the Many02-19-13
Lead Exposure on the Rise Despite Decline in Poisoning Cases02-17-13
Pill to Gill: Antianxiety Drugs in Flushed into Water May Be Making Fishes Fearless02-16-13
Russian Meteor Largest in Century02-15-13
Proteins Behind Mad-Cow Disease Also Help Brain to Develop02-15-13
The Real Power of Crystals: Attesting to Atoms02-15-13
Natural Hazards: New York City vs. The Sea02-13-13
Can Early Deep-Brain Stimulation Surgery Help More Parkinson's Patients?02-13-13
Being There: Scientists Enlist Inuit for Long-Term Observations of Arctic Wildlife [Slide Show]02-13-13
Touching the Light: Rats Get Fitted with Star Trek VISORs [Video]02-13-13
Adobe Homes in Peru's Andes Tell Centuries-Old Toxic Tale02-13-13
Magic Revealed: Cups Trick Found to Be More Effective Than Thought02-12-13
Be Mine Forever: Oxytocin May Help Build Long-Lasting Love02-12-13
Corporations Grabbing Land and Water Overseas02-12-13
Life Discovered Under Ice in Antarctic Lake02-12-13
Something from Nothing? A Vacuum Can Yield Flashes of Light02-12-13
Few Answers on Effectively Helping Children Cope with Trauma02-11-13
Explosive Power of Combustion Makes Floppy Little Silicone Robot Jump [Video]02-08-13
What Are Dogs Saying When They Bark? [Excerpt]02-08-13
Oscars Honor Ingenious Screen Engineering in "Black Swan" and "Hugo"02-08-13
California to Unveil New Flammability Standard to Avoid Chemicals in Furniture02-08-13
The Joy of Fungal Sex: Penicillin Mold Can Reproduce Sexually, Which Could Lead to Better Antibiotics02-08-13
Unhealthy Glow: Fluorescent Tadpoles Expose Chemical Contamination02-07-13
Tainted Samples Caused Gender-Bending Ocean Fish02-07-13
Large Hadron Collider Is Set to Halt for Upgrades02-06-13
Landsat 8 Satellite Set to Rescue Global-Change Observations02-06-13
Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales02-06-13
Air Pollution Delivers Smaller Babies02-06-13
Oral Mystery: Are Agriculture and Rats Responsible for Tooth Decay?02-06-13
NSF Director Subra Suresh to Step Down02-05-13
New Eyewear Could Help People with Red-Green Color Blindness02-05-13
Mathematical Impressions: The Surprising Menger Sponge Slice [Video]02-05-13
A Hacked Database Prompts Debate about Genetic Privacy02-05-13
U.S. Geologist s Spy Cameras Confiscated in Nepal02-05-13
Chemicals Linked to Obesity in Black Children02-04-13
Humans Can Feel Terror Even If They Lack Brain's 'Fear Center'02-04-13
Diamond-Based Quantum Devices Shrink MRI to Nanoscale02-04-13
Bacteria Found to Thrive on Gold02-04-13
Pigeon DNA Shown to Support Darwin's Work02-04-13
Can Sunshine Light Skyscrapers Instead of Bulbs?02-04-13
Controversial Stem-Cell Company Moves Treatment out of U.S.01-31-13
Decelerating American Physics: Panel Advises Shutdown of Last U.S. Collider01-31-13
Magnetic Logic Makes for Mutable Computer Chips01-30-13
RNA Fragments May Yield Rapid, Accurate Cancer Diagnosis01-30-13
Mice Have 'Massage Neurons'01-30-13
Coffee Fungus Outbreak Resumes01-30-13
Minor Oil Spills Are Often Bigger Than Reported01-30-13
Step into the Twilight Zone: Can Earthlings Adjust to a Longer Day on Mars?01-29-13
App d to Fail: Mobile Health Treatments Fail First Full Checkup01-29-13
Why Poor Sleep and Forgetfulness Plague the Aging Brain01-28-13
Study Bolsters Quantum Vibration Scent Theory01-28-13
California Intends to Declare BPA a Reproductive Health Hazard01-25-13
Letters of Alfred Russel Wallace Go Online01-25-13
Shrunken Proton Baffles Scientists01-25-13
Neural Networking: Online Social Content Easier to Recall Than Printed Info01-24-13
New Synthetic Polymer Is First to Match Rigidity of DNA or Collagen01-24-13
NIH Told to Retire Most Research Chimps01-23-13
Digital Activist's Suicide Casts Spotlight on Growth of Open Access Movement01-23-13
Mathematicians Aim to Launch a Series of Open-Access E-Journals01-22-13
FDA Approves Recombinant Flu Vaccine01-22-13
From Activist to EPA: A Q&A with New Director for the Office of Environmental Justice01-22-13
How Much Will Tar Sands Oil Add to Global Warming?01-23-13
South Korea Makes Billion-Dollar Bet on Fusion Power01-22-13
How Would Obama Address Climate Change?01-22-13
Mathematical Impressions: Can You Turn a Rubber Band into a Knot? [Video]01-22-13
Four-Strand DNA Structure Found in Cells01-22-13
Bloggers Put Chemical Reactions through the Replication Mill01-22-13
Obama Trumps Congress and Orders Research into Gun Violence01-22-13
Mercury Emissions Threaten Aquatic Environments01-18-13
Chipmaker Races to Save Stephen Hawking s Speech as His Condition Deteriorates01-18-13
Novel Solar Photovoltaic Cells Achieve Record Efficiency Using Nanoscale Structures01-17-13
A Smut Above: Unhealthy Soot in the Air Could Also Promote Global Warming01-17-13
Feeling Threatened Makes Us Nicer01-17-13
BPA Replacement Also Alters Hormones01-17-13
Hard Up: Nanomaterial Rivals Hardness of Diamond01-17-13
Food versus Fuel: Native Plants Make Better Ethanol01-16-13
Frogs Cling to and Peel from Surfaces Just Like Adhesive Tape01-16-13
Barnacles Mate via 'Spermcasting'01-16-13
The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology01-16-13
Vaccine Switch Urged for Eradication of Remaining Pockets of Polio01-16-13
Justice System 'Overreach Blamed in Suicide of Open-Access Technology Activist01-16-13
More than 3,500 U.S. Weather Records Smashed in 201201-15-13
Fortified by Global Warming, Deadly Fungus Poisons Corn Crops, Causes Cancer01-15-13
Why Cellular Towers in Developing Nations Are Making the Move to Solar Power01-15-13
Pot Smokers Might Not Turn Into Dopes After All01-14-13
Genomes Show Indians Influx to Australia 4,000 Years Ago01-14-13
Live Giant Squid Filmed In Deep Ocean01-14-13
10 Technologies that Turned Our Head: 2013 CES in Pictures [Slide Show]01-14-13
U.S. Effort on Ocean Acidification Needs Focus on Human Impacts01-11-13
Pompeii "Wall Posts" Reveal Ancient Social Networks01-11-13
Star Near Our Solar System May Be the Oldest Known01-11-13
Flu Hits U.S. Early and Hard01-10-13
The Quest to Put the Elements in Their Places01-10-13
Epigenetics Posited as Important for Success of Invasive Species01-10-13
New Rules Tackle Bacteria in Drinking Water01-10-13
Safety of Induced Stem Cells Gets a Boost01-10-13
Hunger Game: Is Honesty Between Animals Always the Best Policy?01-10-13
Numbers Games Devised to Aid People with 'Dyscalculia'01-09-13
Why Do Our Fingers and Toes Wrinkle During a Bath?01-09-13
Electron Beams Set Nanostructures Aglow01-09-13
Genome Reveals Comb Jellies' Ancient Origin01-09-13
Oil Sands Raise Levels of Cancer-Causing Compounds in Regional Waters01-08-13
Supreme Court Ensures Funding of Research Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells01-08-13
Breaking the Mold: Could Additive Manufacturing Resuscitate a Once-Proud U.S. Industry?01-07-13
Flesh-Eating Flies Map Forest Biodiversity01-04-13
Quantum Gas Goes below Absolute Zero01-03-13
Meteorite Carries Ancient Water from Mars01-03-13
U.S. Fiscal Deal Leaves Science Vulnerable01-03-13
Safety Survey Reveals Lab Risks01-03-13
Memory Molecule Dethroned01-03-13
The Opposite of Mining: Tar Sands Steam Extraction Lessens Footprint, but Environmental Costs Remain01-02-13
New Year, New Science01-02-13
Getting into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes12-26-12
Finless Porpoises in Peril12-26-12
Monkey Brain Area Keeps Count of Kindnesses12-26-12
Scientific American Staff Picks: 10 Apps for Your Smart Phone or Tablet12-25-12
Is the Amazon Rainforest Drying Out?12-24-12
The Most Popular Scientific American Stories of 201212-24-12
FDA Backs Safety of Transgenic Fish12-23-12
Remembering Ramanujan: India Celebrates Its Famous Mathematical Son12-22-12
Black Hole Firewalls Confound Theoretical Physicists12-21-12
Could Climate Change Boost Toxic Algal Blooms in the Oceans?12-21-12
Fractals, Chaos and Other Mathematical Visions Reside on The Islands of Benoit Mandelbrot [Video]12-21-12
Magnetism Confirmed to Control the Flow of Heat12-20-12
Chicago's Field Museum Cuts Back on Science12-20-12
The Top 10 Science Stories of 201212-20-12
The Mathematics of the Pop-Up Tent12-19-12
Depression Surpasses Asthma as Top Disability Problem amongst U.S. and Canadian Teens12-19-12
Confections sans Infections: How Candy Manufacturers Keep Chocolate from Killing You12-19-12
Research Beagles Released as Pets12-18-12
Farmers in Nepal Use Urine to Boost Crop Yields12-17-12
First Road Map of Human Sex-Cell Development12-17-12
Hormones from Livestock Operations May Skew Fish Gender12-17-12
Do You Accept the Science of Climate Change? [Excerpt]12-14-12
Shifty Sightings: Hubble Images Reveal 7 of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen12-13-12
Environmental Regulator Launches New Effort to Monitor Hormone-Like Chemicals12-13-12
Warmer Winters Threaten Smaller Ski Areas12-13-12
Engineers Hunt for Ways to Cool Computing12-13-12
Blood Clots Are Ready for Their Close-Up [Slide Show]12-13-12
Dueling Visions Stall NASA12-12-12
King Crabs Poised to Wipe Out Rare Antarctic Ecosystem of Invertebrates12-12-12
Exotic Quantum Effects Could Follow from Compound Now Confirmed to Conduct Only at Surface12-11-12
Uncommon Time: What Makes Dave Brubeck's Unorthodox Jazz Stylings So Appealing?12-11-12
Global Trends 2030: U.S. Leadership in a Post-Western World [Live stream]12-11-12
Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Energy and Mining Companies Pollute Underground Water12-11-12
Robot Glider Detects Rogue Waves and Other Ocean Anomalies Missed by Satellites12-11-12
"Fiscal Cliff" Threatens to Impede Biomedical Discoveries12-10-12
Brain Cells Made from Urine12-10-12
Should Doctors Warn Pregnant Women about Environmental Risks?12-10-12
Pay Dirt: How to Turn Tar Sands into Oil [Slide Show]12-10-12
Arctic Report Card: Dark Times Ahead12-08-12
$30 Million Project Aims to Produce 1,500 Stem Cell Lines for Drug Discovery12-07-12
Brains in Circulation12-07-12
Luna-Trips: Upstart Firm Plans to Sell Round-Trip Journeys to the Moon12-07-12
Get Used to Climate Change [Excerpt]12-07-12
Urban Legend: Can City Planning Shed Its Pseudoscientific Stigma?12-07-12
How the IPCC Underestimated Climate Change12-06-12
Climate Science Predictions Prove Too Conservative12-06-12
The Hoyle State: A Primordial Nucleus Behind the Elements of Life12-06-12
Heart Cells Can Be Coaxed to Regenerate at Low Rates12-05-12
Sprinkled Nanocubes Could Hold Light Tight for Efficient Solar Panels12-05-12
Dredging Could Unleash PCBs in Indiana Community12-05-12
New Observatories Will Warn Public about "Atmospheric River" Floods12-04-12
Graphene Towers Promise 'Flexi-Electronics'12-04-12
FDA Under Pressure to Relax Drug Rules12-04-12
Colombia's Cloud Forests Imperiled by Climate Change, Development12-04-12
Casting Light on Astronaut Insomnia: ISS to Get Sleep-Promoting Lightbulbs12-04-12
South American Cities Face Flood Risk due to Andes Meltdown12-03-12
Galaxy Grande: Milky Way May Be More Massive Than Thought12-03-12
Ice Confirmed on Mercury Despite Planet's Solar Proximity11-30-12
Solar System's Moons May Have Emerged from Long-Gone Planetary Rings11-29-12
Flame Retardants on the Rise in Furniture11-29-12
Outbreak Specialists Track Down Recent Coronavirus11-29-12
Supersymmetry Fails Test, Forcing Physics to Seek New Ideas11-29-12
Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil11-27-12
People Use Same Brain Regions to Read Alphabetic and Logographic Languages11-27-12
Washington State Declares War on Ocean Acidification11-27-12
European Exoplanet-Hunting Space Telescope Nears Its End11-19-12
Our Drugs Make Fish Flounder11-16-12
Quantum Cryptography Conquers Noise Problem11-20-12
Great Apes Can Have a Mid-life Crisis, Too11-19-12
Shame Villagers about Toilets, Save a Child's Life11-19-12
Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures11-19-12
Slowing Cargo Ships More Than Halves Pollution near Ports11-19-12
Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming Harder to Detect11-26-12
Auto-Immune: "Symbiotes" Could Be Deployed to Thwart Cyber Attacks11-26-12
Rare Apparition of Dwarf Planet Makemake Reveals a Largely Airless World11-21-12
Hunt for Life under Antarctic Ice Heats Up11-21-12
Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil11-27-12
People Use Same Brain Regions to Read Alphabetic and Logographic Languages11-27-12
Washington State Declares War on Ocean Acidification11-27-12
Climate Change Threatens Long-Term Sustainability of Great Plains11-27-12
Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in U.S. West11-26-12
Solar System's Moons May Have Emerged from Long-Gone Planetary Rings11-29-12
Flame Retardants on the Rise in Furniture11-29-12
Outbreak Specialists Track Down Recent Coronavirus11-29-12
Supersymmetry Fails Test, Forcing Physics to Seek New Ideas11-29-12
Our Drugs Make Fish Flounder11-16-12
Great Apes Can Have a Mid-life Crisis, Too11-19-12
Shame Villagers about Toilets, Save a Child's Life11-19-12
Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures11-19-12
Slowing Cargo Ships More Than Halves Pollution near Ports11-19-12
European Exoplanet-Hunting Space Telescope Nears Its End11-19-12
Auto-Immune: "Symbiotes" Could Be Deployed to Thwart Cyber Attacks11-26-12
Rare Apparition of Dwarf Planet Makemake Reveals a Largely Airless World11-21-12
Hunt for Life under Antarctic Ice Heats Up11-21-12
Quantum Cryptography Conquers Noise Problem11-20-12
People Use Same Brain Regions to Read Alphabetic and Logographic Languages11-27-12
Washington State Declares War on Ocean Acidification11-27-12
Climate Change Threatens Long-Term Sustainability of Great Plains11-27-12
Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in U.S. West11-26-12
Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming Harder to Detect11-26-12
Flame Retardants on the Rise in Furniture11-29-12
Outbreak Specialists Track Down Recent Coronavirus11-29-12
Supersymmetry Fails Test, Forcing Physics to Seek New Ideas11-29-12
Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil11-27-12
Solar System's Moons May Have Emerged from Long-Gone Planetary Rings11-29-12
Clean Water Act at 40: Rivers No Longer Burn but Climate Threats and Runoff Now Rush In11-14-12
Statistics Win in U.S. Election11-15-12
Brain Scans of Rappers Shed Light on Creativity11-15-12
Misfolded Protein Transmits Parkinson's from Cell to Cell11-15-12
Waxing Innovative: Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles Using Paraffin11-16-12
Coal Plants Smother Communities of Color11-16-12
How Safe Are America's 2.5 Million Miles of Pipelines?11-16-12
Our Drugs Make Fish Flounder11-16-12
European Exoplanet-Hunting Space Telescope Nears Its End11-19-12
Slowing Cargo Ships More Than Halves Pollution near Ports11-19-12
Bug-Eared: Human and Insect Ears Share Similar Structures11-19-12
Shame Villagers about Toilets, Save a Child's Life11-19-12
Great Apes Can Have a Mid-life Crisis, Too11-19-12
Quantum Cryptography Conquers Noise Problem11-20-12
Hunt for Life under Antarctic Ice Heats Up11-21-12
Rare Apparition of Dwarf Planet Makemake Reveals a Largely Airless World11-21-12
Auto-Immune: "Symbiotes" Could Be Deployed to Thwart Cyber Attacks11-26-12
Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming Harder to Detect11-26-12
Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in U.S. West11-26-12
Climate Change Threatens to Create a Second Dust Bowl11-27-12
Rating the Candidates: How Did SA Grade Romney and Obama on Science?10-16-12
EPA Fights Back over Mountaintop Mining10-16-12
Badger Battle Erupts in England10-16-12
Rating the Candidates: How Did SA Grade Romney and Obama on Science?10-16-12
Seeking a Chief Exec with the Right Stuff?: Look for a Touch of Psychopathy10-16-12
Critical Carbon Capture Technology Stalled10-16-12
A Virtual Peek at the NYC Tech Campus10-16-12