The Sciences
10 Lessons Medicine Can Learn from Bears
From osteoporosis to heart disease to pregnancy, there's a lot bears are teaching scientists
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Health
Does Exercise Really Make You Healthier?
We examine five claims about the benefits of weight lifting and aerobics to see which carry the most...weight
The Sciences
50 Years Ago: A Witness at the Scopes Trial
In 1925 a Tennessee teacher of biology named Thomas Scopes was tried for teaching the theory of evolution. An expert witness at the trial relates how evolution lost in court but won in the eyes of the nation...
The Sciences
Did Garrett Lisi Have a Wipeout?
A hyped theory of everything sinks from sight
Health
No Truth to the Fountain of Youth
Fifty-one scientists who study aging have issued a warning to the public: no anti-aging remedy on the market today has been proved effective. Here's why they are speaking up
Technology
Six Images of Nano-scale Worlds
Artist Michael Oliveri captures the tiniest products of materials science
Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Robots Rule When It Comes to Holiday Shopping
Businesses are beginning to turn to artificially intelligent bots to streamline their warehouses and distribution centers
Environment
Welcome to the Coldest Town on Earth
Oymyakon, Siberia, is bracing for temps as low as minus 90 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 67.8 degrees Celsius)
Technology
Grad School for Gadgeteers: 10 Ways to Fuse Technology and Art
Slide show from the N.Y.U. Interactive Telecommunications Program 2008 winter show
The Sciences
Nothing Personal, You're Just Not My Type
Most movie aliens cannot reproduce successfully
The Sciences
Six Legged Cinema
The big screen has been beset by bugs since the beginning
Environment
Top 10 Places Already Affected by Climate Change
Catastrophic effects of global warming are being felt from the deserts of Darfur to the island nation of Kiribati
Space & Physics
The Voyage of Apollo 8: The 40th Anniversary of Mankind's First Trip to the Moon [Slide Show]
When three U.S. astronauts became the first humans to leave Earth's gravity field, some NASA experts gave them a 50-50 chance of making it home alive
Space & Physics
Moon Lust: Will International Competition or Cooperation Return Humans to the Moon?
The U.S. has been there, but now that many countries have joined the club of space-faring nations, which will be the first to return?
Space & Physics
Apollo 8: Flying into Space History during a Moment of Public Enthusiasm
It was a time of high excitement. But the U.S. public's support of manned space exploration was already ebbing
