EvolutionAugust 24, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Diseased World of Warcraft
Senior sex, a hole in the universe and more…
Stories by JR Minkel
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
Space & PhysicsAugust 23, 2007
Dark Side of Uranus' Rings Reveals Dramatic Changes
Dusty rings have shifted since 1986 Voyager 2 flyby
TechnologyAugust 22, 2007
Kinder, Gentler Way of Counting Photons Doesn't Annihilate Them
New method pings photons without destroying their quantum state
The SciencesAugust 20, 2007
Speedy Earthquake Rides "Sonic Boom"
An earthquake that sustains high speeds on a straightaway may impart extra damage
The SciencesAugust 17, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Warmest year revised
Space shuttle fix nixed, decapitated walruses and more…
Space & PhysicsAugust 15, 2007
Shooting Bullet Star Leaves Vast Ultraviolet Wake
Fluctuating star discovered four centuries ago still holds surprises for astronomers
The SciencesAugust 14, 2007
Squirrel Has Hot Tail to Tell Snakes
Its infrared glow keeps rattlesnakes at bay
The SciencesAugust 10, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Headless Snake Bites Hapless Man
Teacher in space, giant Lego man goes swimming and more…
The SciencesAugust 9, 2007
Appetite-Killing Hormone Negates Joy of Eating
Leptin puts a double whammy on hunger by making food less rewarding
EvolutionAugust 9, 2007
New Fossils Illustrate "Bushiness" of Human Evolution
Fossils support the separate evolution of Homo habilis and Homo erectus, point to a gorillalike social structure for the latter
HealthAugust 7, 2007
Vaccine Programs for Kids Need a Shot in the Arm
State programs leave underinsured children behind as number and cost of vaccines rises
HealthAugust 3, 2007
News Bytes of the Week (Why Have Sex? Edition)
Fresh science droppings: Dasvidanya North Pole, a gene for lefties and more …
The SciencesAugust 2, 2007
Korean Cloned Human Cells Were Product of "Virgin Birth"
Fraudulent cloned cells were likely the first example of a human egg turned directly into stem cells
The SciencesAugust 1, 2007
Orangutans Play Charades When Misunderstood
Can you repeat that, Dr. Zaius?
HealthAugust 1, 2007
New Ways for More Stem Cells
The SciencesAugust 1, 2007
Catch the Laser Rainbow
The SciencesAugust 1, 2007
The Gedanken Experimenter
In putting teleportation, entanglement and other quantum oddities to the test, physicist Anton Zeilinger hopes to find out just how unreal quantum reality can get
The SciencesJuly 30, 2007
How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper
The SciencesJuly 30, 2007
Run to Starbucks, get less cancer?
The SciencesJuly 27, 2007
News Bytes of the Week
Grim feline reaper, rock'n'roll astrophysicist and more
HealthJuly 25, 2007
Supersize Me—and All My Friends
Obesity may be contagious
HealthJuly 24, 2007
Libya frees 6 jailed medics
The SciencesJuly 24, 2007
Live updates of first human-machine poker championship: final rounds
Mind & BrainJuly 23, 2007
Bare-Bones Program Learns English and Japanese Vowels
Computer model learns vowel sounds infant-style: on the fly