Stories by JR Minkel

Not too hot and not too cold means just right for water

Thousands of newly identified junk DNA fragments may play a role in embryonic development

Pooled pebbles point to repeated rattling

Update of classic experiment finds that "spooky action at a distance" goes hand in hand with unreality

Study reignites debate over the risks of antidepressants

Gravity Probe B sees "glimpses" of twisted spacetime

Despite getting more sleep than early risers, late-sleeping insomniacs have more emotional distress

Data entry mistake ultimately caused the craft to run out of power

The Standard Model of particle physics emerges unscathed—for now

New result may resolve recent measurements that did not spot water on distant "hot Jupiters"

The next big thing in nanotech is right under your pencil

The goal: nanotech that powers itself on the battlefield and in your body

Small breeds share a gene variant that limits their growth

Darkness and heat feed on each other in new simulations that predict a 20-year warming trend on the Red Planet

Experts are still weighing whether the hitch will delay the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider

Cities lowered death tolls by closing public places fast

Government documents show that the agency handed over names and addresses to the Secret Service

Hunting for a way to let the liver heal itself without causing more harm than good

Soil bacteria survive buckyball treatment, possibly because the soil soaks up the tiny particles

Worst-case warming scenario may bring totally new kinds of tropical climate and cause others to disappear

When antibiotics have lost their oomph, kick the immune system up a notch.

Another new trick magnifies fine details normally invisible to lenses

New way to kick-start reactions may lead to materials that resist breaking

Pharmaceutical companies fail to publicly reveal all of the money and gifts they give to physicians and health care workers—making it hard to know what the money is for