Computing
Quantum Leaps in Quantum Computing?
New qubit designs could enable more robust machines
Stories by Charles Choi
Evolution
The Brontosaurus Is Back
Decades after scientists decided that the famed dinosaur never actually existed, new research says the opposite
Health
Infertility May Be Linked to Taste Genes
Scientists show that male genes linked to taste may play a role in sperm production
Space & Physics
Ancient Mega-Flood on Mars Revealed in 3-D
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used radar to find the underground Martian channels
The Sciences
'Alien-Like' Skulls Excavated in Mexico
Skull deformation of children was a common practice in Central America, but scientists are still struggling to solve the mystery of why these otherwise healthy youth died prematurely
Technology
Raise It or Raze It?: How Will the Stranded Italian Cruise Ship Be Salvaged?
Possible methods to move the massive Costa Concordia, twice as big as the Titanic, include multiple cranes, inflatable bags and even buoyant objects like ping-pong balls used by Donald Duck...
Archaeology
Tiny Drone Reveals Ancient Royal Burial Sites
Scientists are sending in unmanned aircraft to survey remote ares
The Sciences
Space Colonists Could Use Bacteria to Mine Minerals on Mars and the Moon
Scientists investigated several bacterium species and found that they not only could thrive on Mars- and moonlike rocks, but could extract elements useful to future extraterrestrial colonists...
Technology
Lased and Confused: Off-the-Shelf Infrared Lasers Could Ward Off Missile Attacks on Military Helicopters
A newly developed broad-spectrum laser mounted on choppers could effectively dazzle shoulder-launched antiaircraft weapons in flight, and prevent them from finding and destroying their targets...
The Sciences
ATryn, on Old MacDonald's Pharm
First drug from transgenic goats nears approval
The Sciences
Whatever happened to...?
Cosmic Radiation -- Smoking and Genes -- Shrubs 1, Grasses 0 -- Corona Heat
The Sciences
Warming to Law
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?
Health
Strange but True: When Half a Brain Is Better than a Whole One
You might not want to do it, but removing half of your brain will not significantly impact who you are
Technology
"Memjet" Momentum
Ink-jet printing at ramjet speed
Environment
Fact or Fiction?: A Cockroach Can Live without Its Head
A nuclear war may not trouble them, but does decapitation?
Health
Lung Cancer
New vaccine against the deadliest of all cancers teaches the body to defend itself while avoiding the side effects of more traditional therapies
Health
Smoking
Immunizing the body against nicotine might be just what smokers need to quit for good
Health
Dengue
A disease afflicting half a million people annually requires a special kind of vaccine
Health
Hepatitis C
The world's first preventative vaccine against Hepatitis C could curb the spread of the disease that killed Allen Ginsberg and thousands of others
Health
Vision Loss
First a Nobel Prize, and now a potentially viable treatment: the world's first interfering RNA drug could be the first of many
