The Sciences
A Clock for All Time
A small group of futurists and engineers have begun building a mechanical clock meant to tick through 1,000 decades
Stories by W. Wayt Gibbs
Physics
Ultraprecise Clocks Approach Chronometry’s Final Frontier
Atomic clocks are shrinking to microchip size, heading for space—and approaching the limits of useful precision
Sustainability
Can We Inherit the Environmental Damage Done to Our Ancestors? [Video]
Some biologists extrapolate findings from rodent studies of epigenetic inheritance to humans, but others remain skeptical
Sustainability
If Poachers and Illegal Loggers Strike, This Forest Phones It In
Environmentalists are bugging rainforests with discarded smartphones to catch poachers and illegal loggers
Health
Hi-Tech Helmet Heads Off Stroke Damage
A helmet placed on the head of a stroke victim sends low-intensity microwaves through the brain to quickly determine whether a blockage or hemorrhage is taking place, making faster treatment possible...
New Views of the Brain [Slide Show]
Scientists are charting the paths of individual neurons as well as the activity of individual genes
Mind
New Views of the Brain [Slide Show]
Scientists are charting the paths of individual neurons as well as the activity of individual genes
The Sciences
These Tips Can Drive You up the Wall
Physics students at the University of Leicester in the U.K. worked out the principles for keeping a speeding race car in control on a vertical curved wall. Wayt Gibbs reports
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Biology
The Inner Workings of a Cybernetic Cell
A video plays back data recorded from the first software able to simulate an entire living organism
Sustainability
Triple-Threat Method Sparks Hope for Nuclear Fusion Energy
The secrets to its success are lasers, magnets and a big pinch
The Sciences
Making Liquids Go Bipolar
It takes a lab to make a perfect salad dressing
The Sciences
Microwave Math That Einstein Would Have Loved
New physics tricks for the most underestimated of kitchen appliances
The Sciences
Spherical Eats
The chemistry of encased mussels and other edible orbs
Tech
Cooking That Sucks
Vacuum pumps in the kitchen
Sustainability
Cryogenic Cooking
Liquid nitrogen can transform oil, berries and even hamburgers
Health
Ultrasonic French Fries
Smooth and crispy
Sustainability
Material Poet
An artist trained in science talks about "cloning" million-year-old glaciers
The Sciences
A New Spin on Cooking
Chefs are turning to lab equipment to perfect their consommés
The Sciences
A New View of Food and Cooking [Slide Show]
Take visual tour through the scientific phenomena at work in the kitchen—and explore the new world of high-tech, science-inspired cuisine
The Sciences
Beer Batter Is Better
How it makes a great fish 'n' chips
