HealthMay 14, 2008
Self-experimenters of the world, unite!?
Stories by JR Minkel
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
The SciencesMay 12, 2008
Feces May Transmit Fatal Cheetah Disease
Finding might help captive breeding of the endangered cats
The SciencesMay 9, 2008
Scientists Know Better Than You--Even When They're Wrong
Why fallible expertise trumps armchair science—a Q&A with sociologist of science Harry Collins
May 9, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Could Coastal Trees Have Saved Lives in Myanmar?
Dust devils greet Mars lander; Carbon nanotubes measure spiciness; Autism linked to schizophrenia ... and more
The SciencesMay 8, 2008
To Catch a Plutonium Thief, Try Antineutrinos
New detector technology monitors nuclear reactors
May 5, 2008
Hard Drive Recovered from Columbia Shuttle Solves Physics Problem
An experiment that flew on the Columbia shuttle achieves closure
The SciencesMay 2, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Was the Red Baron Just Lucky?
City of coughing angels; Absinthe doesn't really make the art grow fonder; Giant squid dissected and more...
TechnologyMay 1, 2008
Missing Link of Electronics Discovered: "Memristor"
Memory plus resistor may add up to longer-lasting batteries and faster-booting computers
The SciencesMay 1, 2008
Self-Healing Rubber
The SciencesApril 29, 2008
Searching for an Elusive Particle, Physicists Take a Shot in the Dark
Experimenters team up in the search for an invisible, hypothetical particle
EnvironmentApril 29, 2008
California Wildfires Continue to Burn
Blaze enters fourth day
TechnologyApril 28, 2008
Researchers Build Micro Spider-Silk Spinner
Microscopic plumbing system fuses engineered proteins into silk
TechnologyApril 25, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--Get rowdy at this pub and you'll get bounced by a bot
New drug raises hope Alzheimer's cure not far off; Does ennui lead to errors? (hint: oui); and more . . .
The SciencesApril 24, 2008
Senate Passes Genetic Antidiscrimination Bill
Law would bar insurers and employers from discriminating based on genetic testing
Space & PhysicsApril 23, 2008
Black Hole Plasma Jet Spotted Tracing Corkscrew Path
Zeroing in on the cause of high-speed jets issuing from energetic galactic cores
The SciencesApril 23, 2008
Borderline NSFW song about relativistic plasma jets (plus trippy visuals!)
The SciencesApril 21, 2008
Quarter Electrons May Enable Exotic Quantum Computer
Researchers come closer to weaving quantum "braids"
TechnologyApril 18, 2008
News Bytes of the Week: Toxic Pets?
Trading security for sweets, Researchers trick Wi-Fi, Traders' testosterone levels predict their profits and more...
The SciencesApril 18, 2008
This week in graphene: teensy tiny transistors!
Space & PhysicsApril 15, 2008
Scientists reconstruct the Pioneer spacecraft anomaly
At the American Physical Society meeting: What is putting a drag on the twin Pioneer spacecraft? Is it uneven heating? Or does gravity deviate from what is expected?
The SciencesApril 14, 2008
Greetings from the temporary capital of high-energy physics
The SciencesApril 14, 2008
This is what the Higgs boson looks like
The SciencesApril 4, 2008
News Bytes of the Week--(Weird Sex) in an octopus's garden
Guitar science; Breakbone fever cripples Rio; Is the Large Hadron Collider doomsday-safe? and more
The SciencesApril 3, 2008
Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown
What's the matter with antimatter? New data may hold the answer.