August 18, 2015
General Relativity at 100
How relativity changed the rules of our reality
Reports
August 5, 2015
How Assistive Technologies Enable People with Disabilities
The emergence of mobile “assistive” technologies, influenced heavily by the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 25 years ago, marks a major step …
July 20, 2015
The Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance
Bacteria are finally overrunning our last defenses. Can we stop them?
July 16, 2015
A Guide to the Pluto Flyby Success
NASA’s New Horizons’ close approach to the last of the original set of nine planets in our solar system is yielding a bounty of surprising …
July 15, 2015
Building the 21st-Century Learner
Science is transforming how we teach our children and nurture our scientific talent
June 9, 2015
The Disturbing Science of Incarceration in the U.S.
Nearly one in 100 U.S. adults is in prison or jail, often as a result of questionable or biased convictions and subject to living (and …
June 1, 2015
Hubble's Quarter Century
Our In-Depth Report commemorates the Hubble Space Telescope's unprecedented 25 years in orbit
May 14, 2015
Train Tragedies and Transformations
Derailments, fires and crashes continue as the U.S.’s rail infrastructure decays and technology solutions lie fallow
April 27, 2015
A Guide to Earthquakes
What causes tremors? What makes them stop? Can they be predicted? Are our buildings as safe as they can be?
April 20, 2015
BP Gulf Oil Spill: 5 Years Later
Five years after BP's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, effects linger but recovery has begun
April 1, 2015
Dawn Spacecraft Meets a Strange, New World
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, one of the most geologically interesting objects in the solar system
March 17, 2015
Future of Medicine 2015
7 stories on ways that nanomedicine is revolutionizing healthcare
March 13, 2015
The Pi Day of the Century
The first five digits of pi, 3.1415, is being celebrated on March 14, 2015, with a day for math fun, circular logic and, of course, …
February 17, 2015
Innovations in the Microbiome
Revelations about microbes in the gut are shaking the foundations of medicine and nutrition
February 2, 2015
Consumer Electronics in 2015: Building the Internet of Things
The 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas kicked off a year that promises to broaden the scope of Internet-connected gadgets and deliver …
February 1, 2015
4 Years after Fukushima
A look back at the evolving impact of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl
December 26, 2014
Keep Your 2015 Resolutions
Whether you want to conquer bad habits or build a healthier routine, you can learn how to pick and stick to any goal
December 16, 2014
Nature Outlook: Haemophilia
A flow of ideas to stop the bleeding
November 18, 2014
World Changing Ideas 2014
10 problem-solving, planet-improving, lifesaving advances set to drive progress in the years ahead
October 30, 2014
The Science of Death and Zombies
Forget about eating braaains—there's no coming back from the dead. But it's possible for minds to be taken over
October 23, 2014
The Hobbit: 10 Years Later
In October 2004 paleontologists announced a new human species called Homo floresiensis. Ever since then debate has raged on whether it truly is a …
October 21, 2014
A Centennial Celebration of Martin Gardner
Gardner entertained and challenged generations of mathematicians and puzzlers. The offerings here give a taste of the man and how he made mathematics fun.
October 14, 2014
What's New in Cancer Research?
Cancer is not just one disease; it is many.The latest advances in genetics, immunology and cellular biology are paving the way to better treatments (and …
October 9, 2014
The 2014 Nobel Prizes
The brain's inner GPS, blue LEDs and a super-high resolution microscopy technique were the discoveries that took the prestigious honors this year