Masters of Disguise: Animal Mimics Fool Their Foes
Animal mimicry takes many forms—including chemical and acoustic varieties—and offers unique insights into evolution
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The Growing Menace from Superweeds
Pigweed, ragweed and other monsters have begun to outsmart the advanced technologies that protect the biggest U.S. cash crops
Fast Track to Vaccines: How Systems Biology Speeds Drug Development
Analyzing all the layers of the immune system at once speeds design and may one day deal a decisive blow against HIV
Inner Spark: Using Music to Study Creativity
Hearing specialist and sax player Charles J. Limb says that studying the brain during flights of improvisation may provide new understanding of creativity—as well as insight into the musical genius of John Coltrane...
Cosmic-Ray Detector on Space Shuttle Set to Scan Cosmos for Dark Matter
A fancy cosmic-ray detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, is about to scan the cosmos for dark matter, antimatter and more
The Strangest Numbers in String Theory
A forgotten number system invented in the 19th century may provide the simplest explanation for why our universe could have 10 dimensions
The Lost Galaxies
By the latest estimate, the observable universe contains 200 billion galaxies. Astronomers wonder: Why so few?
7 Radical Energy Solutions
The failure rate may be 90 percent, but if any of these exotic technologies succeeds, it could significantly improve energy security and efficiency
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Steel Rainbow: Metal Arch Ready to Seal Chernobyl Reactor
Climate Change Will Bring More Extreme Precipitation and Floods
Pacific Quakes Portend Little for U.S. West Coast
Cancer Testing? There's an App for That
"Let's Go for It": Q&A with Head of ARPA-e, the U.S. High-Risk Energy Research Agency
Corals Find an Effective Way to Spawn Despite Being Cemented in Place
Economists Find Faster, Cheaper Way to Measure Inflation
Hospital-Acquired Infections: Beating Back the Bugs
A Cure for Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
The Newest Nuclear Plants Sprout in the U.S. South
Why Bayes Rules: The History of a Formula That Drives Modern Life
Patent Watch: Registering Impacts in Sports
HIV May Be Culprit in Spread of Measles
When Cars Are Greener Than People
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Beyond Mammograms: Research Aims to Improve Breast Cancer Screening
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Gadgets Are Garbage—So Here's How to Keep Them Out of the Landfill
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Extrasensory Pornception: Doubts about a New Paranormal Claim
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Exposed: Medical Imaging Delivers Big Doses of Radiation
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