
Will Sea Level Rise Drown Your Town? [Slide Show]
A creative Google Earth application shows cities flooded under one, 25 even 80 meters of water
A creative Google Earth application shows cities flooded under one, 25 even 80 meters of water
Highly automated systems for buying and selling promise big returns for the fastest traders, but such systems cannot always be controlled
Newfound solutions to Maxwell’s electromagnetism equations show light can get as tangled as a sailor’s rope
Ultrahigh-security systems similar to that in the movie Escape Plan are already keeping convicts behind bars
Research on naps, meditation, nature walks and the habits of exceptional artists and athletes reveals how mental breaks increase productivity, replenish attention, solidify memories and encourage creativity...
Company cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell tells us to get ready to take our fondness for smartphones, tablets and other devices to the next level
Rash of attacks underscores hazards for those with the genetic disorder
An inventor of the technology that led to the first test-tube baby was an active member of Britain’s Eugenics Society
Calling for Pickup: Volunteers spring into action in the hopes that a necropsy and genetic tests can solve a mysterious epidemic of bottlenose dolphin deaths
Calling for Pickup: Volunteers spring into action in the hopes that a necropsy and genetic tests can solve a mysterious epidemic of bottlenose dolphin deaths
Environmental degradation might be amplifying the effects of a measleslike virus, fueling infections that are propelling an alarming death count
In this excerpt from his new book, Love and Math, University of California, Berkeley, professor Edward Frenkel uses the Russian soup borscht as a metaphor to explain the duality between electric and magnetic forces...
Despite dozens of measurements over more than 200 years, we still don’t know how strong gravity is
A biophysicist and composer have banded together to create a music box that turns biology into sound
Genetically modified crops that produce the pest-killing toxin Bt increase yields and reduce the use of noxious chemical insecticides. But like any powerful tool, they must be used responsibly...
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