Health
Simple Cooking Method Flushes Arsenic out of Rice
Preparing rice in a coffee machine can halve levels of the naturally occurring but toxic substance
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Environment
Genetic Tweaks Reduce Pollution from Growing Rice
Scientists lower methane emissions from growing the staple crop
Polio Nearly Eradicated in Nigeria, Pushing Disease to Brink of Extinction
With its pending eradication in Nigeria, endemic polio will be found in only two other countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Burying Political Hatchets to Fight Alzheimer's Disease
Congress members from both sides of the aisle are calling for a national strategy to confront the dementia “tsunami” but let’s be real about what to expect
Mind & Brain
Keep Psychologists out of Interrogations at the Next Guantanamo [Commentary]
The American Psychological Association helped the Pentagon with harsh treatment of detainees, and it needs to clean house
Health
Ebola's Relentless Tides: A Timeline [Updated]
The latest outbreak in humans represents not just the most recent but also most deadly among several incidents dating back to 1976
Environment
How to Build a Better Ocean Sensor Far from the Sea
Montana–based Sunburst Sensors will help scientists monitor rise in ocean acidity more widely and precisely
Space & Physics
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Nets Historic Cash Infusion
With a $100-million donation, billionaire Yuri Milner plans to revolutionize the astronomical quest to find alien life
Environment
Drought-Plagued Western States Play Politics with Water
The latest in ProPublica's “Killing the Colorado” series looks at how, despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona still miscount their water supplies
Evolution
Tiger Trade Crackdown Boosts Lion Bone Sales
Conservationists stress the need to address not just supply but also demand for wildlife products
Space & Physics
Alien Intelligence Search Gets Major New Push
Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations ...
The Sciences
Tiny Ocean Plants Geoengineer Brighter Clouds
Marine life seems to create a reflective sunshade above the Southern Ocean
Why Nobody Intervened in the July 4 Metro Murder
Criticism of witnesses’ inaction reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the neuroscience of how the brain responds to sudden threats
The Sciences
70 Years Since the First A-Bomb, Humanity Still Lives in Its Afterglow
Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons will not be the last challenge faced in a journey that began with the world’s first fission bomb test during World War II
Mind & Brain
Active Duty Army Suicide Attempts Analyzed
Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports
The Sciences
California's Anti-Vaping Bill Goes Up in Smoke
The legislation’s demise highlights the rise of e-cigarette lobbying
Environment
States Cut Power Plant Pollution ahead of New EPA Rule
Carbon dioxide cuts have already begun ahead of the Clean Power Plan
At Pluto, the End of a Beginning
Early this morning, if all has gone well, the first golden age of interplanetary exploration will have come to a close
The Imagination Institute Awards Nearly $3M to Advance the Science of Imagination
We spend so much time on standardized testing and measuring learning ability that we don’t track how much we’re developing the key competencies that enable us to imagine what could be...
Mind & Brain
"Heading" Bans in Soccer May Not Be Enough to Stop Concussions
Eliminating player-on-player contact would help more than a heading ban, a new study suggests
