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The matter-eating beast at the center of the Milky Way may actually account for Earth's existence and habitability
James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey team documented the vanishing glaciers around the world on an ambitious photographic survey
Biotechnology reveals how the woolly mammoth survived the cold and other mysteries of extinct creatures
Researchers can now reconstruct genes from extinct animals and study the proteins they encoded
Like battlefield medics, conservationists are being forced to explicitly apply triage to determine which creatures to save and which to let go
Conservation groups can no longer afford to try to protect all animals and plants, forcing heartbreaking choices
Broken arms, ruptured Achilles tendons and concussions are all part of the Games
Astrophysicist and author Caleb Scharf talks about his article "The Benevolence of Black Holes," in the August issue of Scientific American
A new understanding of how the brain generates pleasure could lead to better treatment of addiction and depression—and even to a new science of happiness
How cosmic rays may play a role in seeding bolts of lightning
Thunderstorms give out powerful blasts of gamma rays and x-rays, shooting beams of particles—and even antimatter—into space. The atmosphere is a stranger place than we ever imagined
Long ignored by mainstream researchers, the viruses that infect bacteria have a role to play in modern medicine, Vincent Fischetti says
Cells that permanently stop dividing have long been recognized as one of the body's defenses against cancer. Now they are also seen as a sometime culprit in cancer and a cause of aging
Cells that lose the ability to proliferate gain some surprisingly toxic powers
Scientists are tracking how water atop Greenland's ice sheet pools and drains. The findings could help predict future rises in sea level
Tinkering and reading found to spark men's interest in STEM, whereas education and outdoors influence women
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