Stories by Ben Fogelson

Ultrasharp Video Cameras Record Motions of Nanoparticles

Electron microscope resolution for quick-and-dirty industrial applications

Fact or Fiction?: The Tongue Is the Strongest Muscle in the Body

Is this agile appendage as brawny as people believe?

First Winners of Largest Prize for Young Scientists Announced

New prize favors boldness and promise

Remembrances of AIDS and HIV Workers Killed in Shot-Down Plane

HIV health workers, a WHO staffer and at least one top AIDS researcher were among those killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine

“Smuggler” Protein Finding Could Be Used to Disrupt Bacterial Cell Walls

Stopping bacteria from maintaining their cell walls could lead to new ways to treat infections

Celebrate the Fourth of July by Making Your Own Fireworks

Declare your independence with DIY sticks of burning metal, the science of free (or not so free) will, and a cephalopod surgeon

Red Objects Strangely Feel Cooler to the Touch Than Blue Ones

A study reverses our usual expectations about sensation and colors, with a twist

This Week’s Coolest Science Stories

First-week-of-summer highlights include tech-savvy trees, gloppy oatmeal and vast swarms of now-extinct birds

With Awards Like the Breakthrough Prize, Who Needs a Nobel?

Five mathematicians, working in a field spurned by the Nobel academies as a matter of course, will receive $3-million awards of their own

Liquid Water in an Icy No Man’s Land

Scientists probe the strange physics of water at superlow temperatures

How the Body's Cells Hold on Tight

Using mathematics to model a cell's force-producing machine

Collaborating Chimps Make for a Sweet Deal