Stories by Josh Fischman

The pill is still popular but use of devices like IUDs has nearly doubled in the U.S. since 2010, according to government statistics

Three scientists who found ways that cells fix damaged DNA—staving off cancer and other diseases—have won this year's prize

Sally Aitken of the University of British Columbia is using state-of-the art genomics and climate-mapping technologies to match trees to rapidly changing climates

A recently unearthed burial in Jamestown, Va., from the early 1600s shows signs of Catholic rituals that are hard to explain in a colony set against the papacy

While actor The Rock dodged boulders in "San Andreas" this weekend, a new study highlighted seafloor cracks that could hurl tsunamis at Los Angeles.

Watch scientists search the Arctic for huge waves that could change weather and destroy delicate ecosystems

Saturday's terrible earthquake was the latest result of an ongoing collision of giant pieces of our planet, a slow-moving disaster that started about 50 million years ago.

The sounds, not the sights, may reveal hidden eruptions

Working on a very small scale lets scientists give drugs abilities denied to larger molecules

Parts of this supposed vast emptiness smell like rotten eggs or gunpowder.

Doctors—and you, too—can listen to difference between healthy and malignant cells

A computer scientist explains new electronic components that could create giant leaps forward in computer speed and energy efficiency

Elastic material bridges gaps, relays nerve impulses, in damaged spinal cords
 

Volcanic eruptions, killer quakes, giant waves, and how the ground shaped famous battles were among the most compelling stories of the year.

Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports

 

New ways to see inside cells, art conservation, and the origin of life are some of the most interesting chemistry stories of the year.

The $1-trillion bill keeps agencies from acting on clean air and water and energy

Former DuPont executive wants to improve consumer information and science education

Big visions for cell biology prompted Paul Allen to launch the Allen Institute for Cell Science, and new director Rick Horwitz explains its new way of seeing cells

Dogs are sloppy drinkers for a good reason: They splash water up because they cannot suck like people.

New microscope analysis of artifacts from the ancient city also can find fakes in museums

"Atlas" soars to win flight competition, propelled by four giant rotors and an athletic designer pedaling a bicycle

A chemist explains why a "death cologne" could protect you if the ravenous undead attack this Halloween.

A new microscope can show chromosomes moving within a cell or tiny changes in a growing embryo.