The SciencesMarch 1, 2013
Palms May Be the Oldest Living Trees
Stories by Ann Chin
HealthJanuary 1, 2013
What Is It?: Seasoned Cells
The SciencesDecember 1, 2012
What Is It?: Salt of the Sky
EnvironmentNovember 1, 2012
What Is It?
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2012
What Is It?: Bone-Eating Worms
HealthAugust 1, 2012
What Is It?: Gut Feeling
The SciencesJuly 1, 2012
What Is It?
TechnologyMay 1, 2012
Telltale Hearts: What Autopsies Reveal about This Vital Organ
Despite advances in medical imaging, an autopsy still gives experts the best picture of what ails us
The SciencesMarch 1, 2012
Photo Quiz: What Is It?
Pressure sensitive
EvolutionFebruary 12, 2012
Museum Menagerie: Historical Photos of the Construction of Early Wildlife Exhibits [Slide Show]
In honor of Darwin's birthday, we take a look back at diverse species being readied for display at the American Museum of Natural History
February 1, 2012
Penetrating Piscine Patterns: X-Rays Reveal What's Beneath Fishes' Scales [Slide Show]
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History reveals the complex structures within fish
EnvironmentFebruary 1, 2012
Photo Quiz: Guess the Image
Submerged specks
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2012
What Is It?
Small flies
The SciencesDecember 27, 2011
Building the Hoover Dam Bridge [Slide Show]
A photographic essay captures the construction of a 1,900-foot addition to the iconic American landmark
The SciencesDecember 15, 2011
Unnatural Landscapes: The Human Impact on Earth's Surface [Slide Show]
Edward Burtynsky's photography shows how mining, farming and other industrial activities have altered landscapes around the world
Space & PhysicsNovember 1, 2011
Yesterday's Tomorrow: A Look at Space Stations That Never Were [Slide Show]
The International Space Station is starting its 11th year of continuous human habitation. Here is a look at designs for orbiting outposts that didn't make it off the drawing board
Space & PhysicsNovember 1, 2011
What Is It?
A single grain of moon sand (magnified here about 300 times) reveals a ring created by a micrometeorite that struck it
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2011
10 New Ways to Peer Inside the Human Mind
Artistry abounds in these 10 maps of the human mind
The SciencesOctober 1, 2011
What Is It?
Disguise genes
The SciencesSeptember 12, 2011
Secret Lives of Plankton Revealed in Microscopic Glory
The diversity of these ocean drifters, crucial to all life on Earth, is revealed in a new book
EnvironmentAugust 1, 2011
What Is It?
Exploding with lightning
EvolutionJuly 1, 2011
What Is It?
Charlotte's ancestor
HealthJune 1, 2011
What Is It? Fraying Matter
The SciencesMay 1, 2011
What Is It?
A new spin on silk