Speaking Out on the "Quiet Crisis"
Strengthening science education is the key to securing our energy future, says Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's president
Features
Battles among Ants Resemble Human Warfare
Battles among ants can be startlingly similar to human military operations
Dazzling Miniatures: View Highlights from BioScapes Photo Contest
Small worlds writ large under the microscope
DNA Experts and Forensic Genealogists Team Up to Solve Alaskan Mystery
New fingerprint- and DNA-identification techniques solve a mystery from a 60-year-old plane crash
Cities Adapt to Extreme Weather Despite Federal Inaction
A spate of floods, droughts and heat waves is prompting city and state leaders to take bold steps to protect their people and property
This Way to Mars: How Technologies Borrowed from Robotic Missions Could Deliver Astronauts to Deep Space
By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly
World-Changing Ideas
10 new technologies that will make a difference
The Machine That Would Predict the Future
If you dropped all the world's data into a black box, could it become a crystal ball that would let you see the future—even test what would happen if you chose A over B? One researcher thinks so, and he could soon get a billion euros to build it...
The Forever Health Monitor
Your smartphone can monitor your vital signs in real time, alerting you to the first sign of trouble
A Chip that Thinks Like a Brain
Neural computers will excel at all the tasks that make regular machines choke
The Wallet in Your Skin
Forget cell-phone payment systems--just wave your hand to charge it
Computers that Don't Freeze Up
People have to manage their own time. Why can't our machines do the same? New software will keep them humming
Currency without Borders
The world's first digital currency cuts out the middleman and keeps users anonymous
Microbe Miners
Bacteria extract metals and clean up the mess afterward
Crops that Don't Need Replanting
Year-round crops can stabilize the soil and increase yields. They may even fight climate change
Liquid Fuel for Electric Cars
A new type of battery could replace fossil fuels with nanotech crude
Nano-Size Germ Killers
Tiny knives could be important weapons against superbugs
Departments
Stop the Genetic Dragnet
Universe Expands While Minds Contract
100 Years Ago: Presidential Letter
- From the Editor
How Ideas Emerge from Society
- Letters
Readers Respond to "How New York Beat Crime" and Other Articles
- Advances
Why Neutrinos Might Wimp Out
This Year, Give Them Brains
Did Steve Jobs Favor or Oppose Internet Freedom?
Microwave Math That Einstein Would Have Loved
Food We Eat Might Control Our Genes
What Is It?
Can't Touch This Feeling
Physicists Dive into Oscillation Frequency of Coffee
Astronomers Find Evidence of a Special Direction in Space
Can Bees Make Tupperware?
Tortoises Don't Catch Yawns
Tiny Biocomputers Move Closer to Reality
Suspect Science
- Forum
Stop the Killer Space Rocks
- The Science of Health
Swapping Germs: Should Fecal Transplants Become Routine for Debilitating Diarrhea?
- TechnoFiles
How to See the Invisible
- Recommended
Recommended: Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine
- Skeptic
Sacred Salubriousness: Why Religious Belief Is Not the Only Path to a Healthier Life
- Graphic Science
Physics or Fashion? What Science Lovers Link to Most
