
U.S. Penalizes Syrian Weapons Scientists after Sarin Attack
Researchers blocked from financial dealings in U.S., but sanctions may have little impact

U.S. Penalizes Syrian Weapons Scientists after Sarin Attack
Researchers blocked from financial dealings in U.S., but sanctions may have little impact

Finding Fingerprints
A forensic science project


How to Make Tools on Mars, Using Dust
You can't carry everything you need from Earth, so researchers made 3-D–printed shapes with mocked-up Mars dust

Why One Researcher Marched for Science
Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.

Drivers Gear Up for World's First Nanocar Race
Chemists will navigate molecular wagons along a tiny golden track

Some of the Parts: Is Marijuana’s “Entourage Effect” Scientifically Valid?
Industry players swear pot’s many chemicals work in concert, but most scientists hear a THC solo

Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback
Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun.

What Is the "Mother of All Bombs" That the U.S. Just Dropped on Afghanistan?
The mushroom cloud from the 22,000-pound air-blast bomb was meant to send a clear message

Build the Best Big-Bubble Wand
A tension-filled science activity

Atomic Spins Evade Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
New measurements revise the limits of quantum fuzziness

Exoplanets Make Life Conversation Livelier
Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Researchers Solve Critical Flaw in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Scientists have created a thin composite film that gives lithium–sulfur cells exceptional durability