
Pitcher Plant Captures Prey in Batches
A design flaw in the carnivorous plant could be its greatest asset

Pitcher Plant Captures Prey in Batches
A design flaw in the carnivorous plant could be its greatest asset

Software Revives Dead Tongues
A computer algorithm works almost as well as a trained linguist in reconstructing how dead "protolanguages" would have sounded

Luna-Trips: Upstart Firm Plans to Sell Round-Trip Journeys to the Moon
Golden Spike, helmed by former NASA officials, wants to return human explorers to the lunar surface--for a price

Group Interrogation Reveals Liars
When interrogated together, suspects' speech patterns may indicate their trustworthiness

The Other Red Planet: Soviet Union Scored an Interplanetary First at Venus 45 Years Ago
The U.S.S.R.'s Venera 4 was the first spacecraft to return data from inside another planet's atmosphere

Concrete Plans Curb Creativity
Planning ahead might make us overlook new solutions

Recharge and Roll: Electric Carmakers Plan to Cut the Cord
Developments underway could let drivers charge their batteries with magnetic fields

My 2 Suns: Bounty of New Exoplanet Discoveries Includes a World Orbiting a Binary Star
Leading planet hunters from around the world announced the discovery of some 75 extrasolar planets, and hints of many more

RoboCup 2010: Could Robot versus Human Be Far Behind? [Slide Show]
Full-size biped robot strikers debut at this year's competition as human World Cup teams play on in South Africa