Stories by JR Minkel

Stressed Rats Cast Doubt on Sleep's Ability to Produce New Neurons

A Special Few Can "Taste" a Word Before They Can Say It

Winning the Feathered Mating Game Takes a Testosterone-Antioxidant Cocktail

Abracadabra! A Classic Magic Trick Fools Expectations, Not Eyes

Vaccine Analysis Suggests New Hope for Eradicating India's Persistent Polio

Stone Age Twins Discovered Buried Under Mammoth's Shoulder Blade

Wireless Energy Transfer May Power Devices at a Distance

Paint-on Polymer Kills Flu on Contact

Scientific American 50: Business Leader of the Year

Scientific American 50: Research Leader of the Year

Chronic Diseases of Rich Countries Begin to Plague Developing Nations

Brain Pathway Brings Order to Visual Chaos

Radioactive Antibody "Missiles" Home In on HIV

Gene Tied to Out-of-Control Immune Response

How to Resurrect an Extinct Retrovirus

Novel Cooling Tricks Bring Mirrors Closer to Quantum Superpositions

Anemic Phytoplankton

Poor People Living in Well-to-Do Neighborhoods Die Sooner

New Strain of Bird Flu Takes Over

Potential Male Contraceptive Homes in on Testes

Simple Estimate Suggests Our Sun Had a Crowded Nursery

Appalachians Triggered Ancient Ice Age

Most Desirable Mates May Not Sire Prolific Offspring

New Gene May Help Predict and Treat Chronic Pain