BiotechMarch 1, 2015
Electronic Medicine Fights Disease
Stimulation of the nervous system could replace drugs for inflammatory and autoimmune conditions
Volume 312, Issue 3
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Features
Space & PhysicsMarch 1, 2015
Earth's Water May Have Come from Comets, Asteroids or Something Else Entirely
To discover the origin of the oceans, scientists are investigating our solar system’s farthest reaches and earliest moments
NeuroscienceMarch 1, 2015
Our Ears Can Detect Cancer and Space Weather
Ears are such terrific pattern finders that scientists are using audio data to detect cancer cells and particles from space
Public HealthMarch 1, 2015
New Hope for Ebola?
How the largest outbreak on record jump-started the development of two experimental vaccines and a couple of promising treatments
EnvironmentMarch 1, 2015
Island Nations May Be Flooded by Dubious Intentions
Using the Pacific nation of Kiribati as a poster child for the ravages of rising seas is not only misleading, it may also be harmful
PolicyMarch 1, 2015
How Digital Transparency Became a Force of Nature
No secret is safe in the digital age. The implications for our institutions are downright Darwinian
Departments
Advances
HPV Cancers in Men Take Off
Rubbery Glass Arrives
Fewer People are Calling Poison Control Centers
Clever Bird Uses Nature as Its Breadbox
Sorry State: U.S.’s Nuclear Reactor Fleet Dwindles
Annoying Refrigerator Noises Become Less Mysterious
Alien Life Prefers Circles
Cockroaches Accumulate Light to See in the Dark
In Case You Missed It: Need-to-Know News from around the World
Nature versus Nurture versus NASA
NASA's Messenger Mission to Mercury Nears End
From the Editor
The Battle within and without for Healthier Lives
Letters
Readers Respond to "The Neuroscience of Meditation"
The Science Agenda
Sick Days for Workers Keep Businesses Healthier
Forum
How to Restore Trust in American Technology
The Science of Health
Three Biotech Solutions for Knee Repair
TechnoFiles
Is Messaging Going to Kill E-mail?
Reviews
Book Review: Junk DNA
Book Review: Rust: The Longest War
Book Review: Neuroscience
Book Review: Beneath the Surface
Skeptic
What Can Be Done about Pseudoskepticism?
Anti Gravity
When Patient and Doc Speak Different Languages, Google Translate Can Help--or Hinder
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
An Imaginative View of Saturn from Titan in 1915
Graphic Science
Buried in Ash
On the Web
Nestlé's research on nutrition and the human gut microbiome
Innovations In
Microbes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being
Among Trillions of Microbes in the Gut, a Few Are Special
Microbiome Research May Soon Pay Off Big
Genes and Microbes Influence One Another, Scientists Find
How Microbes Keep Us Healthy [Infographic]
Engineering the Human Microbiome Shows Promise for Treating Disease
Mental Health May Depend on Creatures in the Gut
Hunter–Gatherers Have Diverse Gut Microbes
Like Genes, Our Microbes Pass from Parent to Child
New Drugs May Come from Microbes in Our Guts
Web Exclusives