How Unconscious Thought and Perception Affect Our Every Waking Moment
Unconscious impulses and desires impel what we think and do in ways Freud never dreamed of
Features
Astronomers Search for Moons Circling Distant Exoplanets
Moons orbiting distant exoplanets may account for most of the habitable locales in the galaxy. If only we could find them
Scientists Successfully Model a Living Cell with Software
In creating the first complete computer model of an entire single-celled organism, biologists are forging a powerful new kind of tool for illuminating how life works
A Global Transition to Renewable Energy Will Take Many Decades
The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinking
Life under the Microscope: Stunning Photographs from the BioScapes Competition [Slide Show]
Microscopes transform the way we see and understand the creatures on our planet
Superpowerful X-Ray Laser Boils Atoms in Molecules, Nanosystems and Solids, Explodes Proteins--All in the Name of Science
What started as a “Star Wars” idea for a 1980s-era antimissile weapon is now a microscope of unprecedented power, able to create exotic forms of matter found nowhere else in the universe...
The Case against Copernicus
Copernicus famously said that Earth revolves around the sun. But opposition to this revolutionary idea didn't come just from the religious authorities. Evidence favored a different cosmology...
Departments
- From the Editor
Below the Surface: How Our Unconscious Rules Our Lives
- Letters
Readers Respond to “What Makes You Fat"
- Advances
Dark Matter’s Elusiveness Means Search May Soon Become More Challenging
Concussed Fruit Flies May Provide Insights into Human Brain Injuries
Intergalactic Gas Lines Fed Ancient Galaxies
Giant Dinosaur Walks Again in Supercomputer Simulation
States Curb Abortion Coverage under Obamacare
False Killer Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins Swim Together for Years
Botulism Bioterror Worries Keep Research under Wraps
E-Waste Dump among Top 10 Most Polluted Sites
Start-Up Aims to Replace Eggs with More Sustainable Vegetable Proteins
Fuel Cells in Data Centers Could Double Efficiency
Frog from Dwindling Haitian Forest Thriving in U.S. Zoo
U.N. Heeds Astronaut Advice on Shielding Earth from Asteroids
Charcoal Makes Toxic Mercury Less Likely to Enter the Food Web
Ticks Latch On with Telescoping, Barbed Mouthparts
- Forum
Green Technology Depends on Metals with Weird Names
- The Science of Health
A Flu Vaccine That’s Always in Season
- The Science Agenda
Biometric Security Poses Huge Privacy Risks
- TechnoFiles
Why We Don’t Trust Technology Companies
- Recommended
Book Review: Oxygen
Book Review: Windfall
Book Review: The Last Ocean
Book Review: Romania's Abandoned Children
- Skeptic
Where Do Nonhuman Mammals Fit in Our Moral Hierarchy?
- Anti Gravity
Jesse Bering’s Book Perv Examines the Wide World of Passionate Proclivities
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Wright Brothers in the News Again, 1914
- Graphic Science
Twitter Trends Help Researchers Forecast Viral Memes
