
7 Radical Energy Solutions
The failure rate may be 90 percent, but if any of these exotic technologies succeeds, it could significantly improve energy security and efficiency
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
The failure rate may be 90 percent, but if any of these exotic technologies succeeds, it could significantly improve energy security and efficiency
Low levels in pregnant mothers may put babies at risk of developing schizophrenia
New data is undermining the evidence that has long been proposed to support the eager males—choosy females paradigm
New understanding of epigenetics, or the molecular processes that control genes, show how it underlies hereditary forms of obesity and cancer
Does an academic's use of legal threats to stop a critical paper from being published subvert the peer review process, which is fundamental to modern scientific research?
Facial expressions and body language may reinforce racism
Growing evidence points to birthplace as a risk factor for schizophrenia
Also: Pack Your Bags for Creativity and Confidence Wins over Smarts
Certain memories die suddenly rather than fading away
A tagalong to the Russian sample-return mission makes some researchers uncomfortable
Quantum rivers, waterfalls and fountains you can see with your naked eye
Also Updates on Bubbles Producing Light, Virus-Infecting Viruses and Galapagos Tortoise Breeding
Also: The New Stone Age; Mountain Climbing Trees; Location Influences Voters; and Martian Hit-and-Run
Distant explosion visible to the naked eye breaks the mold with double jet
Creationists cast themselves as proponents of "academic freedom"
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