How Your Smartphone Messes With Your Brain-And Your Sleep
Light from those screens triggers a chemical reaction that makes you think it is morning
Stories by Josh Fischman
The Sciences
Using Sharklike Antibodies To Fight Disease
Human therapeutic antibodies often break down. Now chemists have grafted on more rugged features, taken from sharks
Environment
Sonar Spots Invisible Arctic Oil Spills
Boom in Arctic Ocean drilling means hazardous leaks under ice, hidden from sight—but not from sound
Biology
Y Chromosome May Protect Against Cancer, Other Diseases
Elderly men who have lost the Y in blood cells have their lives cut short, compared with men who still have the little chromosome
Biology
Reprieve for Men: Y Chromosome Is Not Vanishing
Alarming shrinkage has stopped, researchers say, because the Y is a bastion of elite genes that play vital roles throughout the body
Biology
Animals with Human Rights Will Be More Than a Pet Peeve for Researchers
Legally, dogs and cats are moving closer to personhood. A new book says this poses problems for biomedical researchers and veterinarians
Biotech
The DNA Drug Revolution
By manipulating life's master molecule, scientists are treating the root cause of disease
