March 19, 2009
How many hurricanes will hit the U.S. this year?
Stories by Adam Hadhazy
The SciencesMarch 17, 2009
Poison? Nah: Algae that can tolerate arsenic discovered in Yellowstone National Park
EnvironmentMarch 16, 2009
The Maldives, threatened by drowning due to climate change, set to go carbon-neutral
March 14, 2009
Barack and Ban sing kumbaya on thwarting runaway climate change
Space & PhysicsMarch 13, 2009
A Scary 13th: 20 Years Ago, Earth Was Blasted with a Massive Plume of Solar Plasma [Slide Show]
Violent space weather treated many to a fantastic display of colorful auroras, but damaged power grids left six million Canadians in the dark
HealthMarch 12, 2009
First, pork invades Washington, then superbugs invade pork
March 11, 2009
Oops: Did a math error doom FutureGen, the world's first clean-coal plant?
EnvironmentMarch 11, 2009
A Better Battery? The Lithium Ion Cell Gets Supercharged
A new technique could pave the way for improving the workhorse lithium ion battery used in automobiles, cell phones and other devices so that it can recharge in seconds
March 10, 2009
Loose nukes: Would earthquakes around Yucca Mountain make it unsafe to hold nuclear waste?
March 9, 2009
Whatever happened to plans to bury U.S. nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain?
The SciencesMarch 4, 2009
How Are People Lost at Sea Found?
How does the U.S. Coast Guard conduct searches for people stranded in bodies of water, including two National Football League players and their friend missing off the Florida coast?
Space & PhysicsMarch 2, 2009
Thawing Martian Ice Age Left Telltale Water Tracks
Signs of repeated ice- and snow-melt in a mid-latitude gully may point to the most recent water activity on the Red Planet's surface
HealthFebruary 12, 2009
Do anabolic steroids make you a better athlete?
A physiologist who himself used to use steroids on why Major League Baseball players--now including Yankee Alex Rodriguez--juice
EnvironmentSeptember 24, 2008
To Drill or Not to Drill? Energy Policy Surfaces in Colorado's Senate Race
Politicians, environmentalists and industry clash over the leasing of public lands for natural gas drilling on Colorado's rugged Roan Plateau
Mind & BrainSeptember 2, 2008
Concussions Exact Toll on Football Players Long After They Retire
A leading researcher discusses how on-the-field head injuries can lead to neurological disorders in players even after they hang up their cleats
The SciencesSeptember 2, 2008
From the Gridiron to the International Space Station: Leland Melvin's Fantastic Voyage
Sidelined by an injury, NFL draft pick trades in football for a career as an astronaut
August 22, 2008
Could a big earthquake reduce Manhattan to rubble someday?
Mind & BrainAugust 22, 2008
What's on the minds of the incoming freshman class?
The SciencesAugust 20, 2008
Bigfoot expert on the big hoax: "It's really comical"
The SciencesAugust 19, 2008
Bigfoot finding turns out to be a hoax - surprised?
August 19, 2008
If You Use the Web, You May Have Already Been Enlisted as a Human Scanner
Those anti-bot security forms that slow you down when you're entering information just might serve a larger purpose
TechnologyAugust 19, 2008
Are You Being Watched? Probably
Looking back at the surveillance all around us--from wiretapped phones to security cameras
TechnologyAugust 18, 2008
Olympics king Michael Phelps gets ready to conquer Facebook
FitnessAugust 18, 2008
What Makes Michael Phelps So Good?
Do Phelps's body shape and flexibility give the eight-gold-medal winner a physical edge in swimming?