December 20, 2007
Credit Due: Was Sir Fred Hoyle Foiled--By Himself?
A colleague of the late Sir Fred Hoyle says his friend never got his due for explaining how the universe got its elements
Stories by JR Minkel
JR Minkel was a news reporter for Scientific American.
EvolutionDecember 19, 2007
Closest Whale Cousin—A Fox-Size Deer?
Researchers split on closest evolutionary kin to whales and dolphins
Space & PhysicsDecember 18, 2007
Martian Meteorite Harbors Life's Building Blocks
Organic molecules inside space rock were probably the result of plain old chemistry
The SciencesDecember 14, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Why pregnant women don't tip over
Arctic ice fading faster, Italian doctors get naked and more…
TechnologyDecember 1, 2007
A Qubit Bus
HealthNovember 23, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Send away for your personal genome
U.N wants U.S. and China to be "more constructive" on environment, babies finger a perp and more…
TechnologyNovember 20, 2007
Human Stem Cell Breakthrough: No Embryos Required
Gene cocktails rewire human skin tissue into all-purpose stem cells
HealthNovember 16, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—The Hydrogen–Bacterial Economy
HIV trial unblinded, U.N. just says "no" to clones and more…
TechnologyNovember 15, 2007
Primate Stem Cell Barrier Broken
Embryonic stem cells derived from adult primate cells suggest humans may get their turn yet
Space & PhysicsNovember 15, 2007
Brightest Supernova May Reignite
New supernova mechanism would set off repeat explosions
HealthNovember 9, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Lunar Landscape, HDTV-Style
Merck settles Vioxx suit, Mothra meets Robocop and more…
Space & PhysicsNovember 8, 2007
Fastball-Strength Cosmic Rays Traced to Black Holes
First detailed mapping of high-energy cosmic rays points to galactic black holes as their source
Space & PhysicsNovember 6, 2007
Record Fifth Planet Discovered Around Distant Star
Multiplanet systems like our own may not be so unusual
EvolutionNovember 5, 2007
The evolutionary origins of the New York City Marathon
November 2, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Marxist Dermatology
Space station hits snag, Close encounters of the football kind and more…
The SciencesNovember 1, 2007
Video of a sphere turning inside out without creasing
Space & PhysicsNovember 1, 2007
Red Giant Survival
The SciencesOctober 31, 2007
Pollock or Not? Can Fractals Spot a Fake Masterpiece?
Complex geometric patterns turn up in non-Pollock drip paintings
The SciencesOctober 31, 2007
Simplest Turing machine proof takes a Fermat's-last-theorem turn
The SciencesOctober 26, 2007
News Bytes of the Week—Creationists Lose an Unwitting Ally
Shaken rodent syndrome, You only live twice—or maybe 13 times—and more…
The SciencesOctober 25, 2007
A New Kind of Science Author Pays Brainy Undergrad $25,000 for Identifying Simplest Computer
But will it jumpstart Stephen Wolfram's scientific revolution?
TechnologyOctober 23, 2007
Artificial Chromosome Poised to Pump Up GM Crops with Extra Genes
Easier transfer of multigene "stacks" may help biofuel plants and other crops reach their potential
The SciencesOctober 18, 2007
Elephants Use Smell of Fear to Sort Friend from Foe
An elephant's nose (and eye) knows what's out to get it
EvolutionOctober 17, 2007
Earliest Known Seafood Dinner Discovered
Dished out with a side of symbolic thought