The Brain's Dark Energy
Brain regions active when our minds wander may hold a key to understanding neurological disorders and even consciousness itself
Features
Evolution of Minerals
Looking at the mineral kingdom through the lens of deep time leads to a startling conclusion: most mineral species owe their existence to life
Climate Change: A Controlled Experiment
Scientists have carefully manipulated grasslands and forests to see how precipitation, carbon dioxide and temperature changes affect the biosphere, allowing them to forecast the future
Toxic Gas, Lifesaver
Hydrogen sulfide, a lethal gas best known for smelling like rotten eggs, turns out to play key roles in the body—a finding that could lead to new treatments for heart attack victims and others...
The Moon That Would Be a Planet
Titan, Saturn's largest natural satellite, scarcely deserves to be a called a mere moon. It has an atmosphere thicker than Earth’s and a surface that is almost as varied
Worm Charmers
As Charles Darwin had suspected, earthworms that flee from ground vibrations do so to escape hungry moles—even though sometimes it is humans chasing them
Departments
Breaking the Climate Debate Logjam
Scooting toward Oblivion
End-of-Days Danger
100 Years Ago: Madame Curie's Research
- From the Editor
Limits of Perception
- Letters
Readers Respond on "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030"
- Advances
Heavy Brows, High Art
Mutant Cholesterol Fends Off Dementia
Stem Cell Vitamin Boost
Numbers Wars: School Battles Heat Up Again in the Traditional versus Reform-Math Debate
The Deadliest Catch: A Proposed Trade Ban Could Take Bluefin Tuna off the Menu
Supersonic Bathtub Physics
Carbon Rock Lock: Storing CO2 on the East Coast
Dark Side of Black Holes: Dark Matter Could Explain the Early Universe's Giant Black Holes
Invasion of the Drones: Unmanned Aircraft Take Off in Polar Exploration
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Recommended: Amazing Animals... And More
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Surviving Death on Larry King Live
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