Stories by Rachel Kaufman

A design flaw in the carnivorous plant could be its greatest asset

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

Golden Spike, helmed by former NASA officials, wants to return human explorers to the lunar surface--for a price

When interrogated together, suspects' speech patterns may indicate their trustworthiness

The U.S.S.R.'s Venera 4 was the first spacecraft to return data from inside another planet's atmosphere

Planning ahead might make us overlook new solutions

Developments underway could let drivers charge their batteries with magnetic fields

Leading planet hunters from around the world announced the discovery of some 75 extrasolar planets, and hints of many more

Full-size biped robot strikers debut at this year's competition as human World Cup teams play on in South Africa