Animals
How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas
Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.
"Alternative Medicine"
Politics
Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
Health
Want a Stronger Defense System against Diseases? Add Some Worms
The immune system has evolved alongside worms and bacteria in an evolutionary tug of war , which may have shaped the body's defenses...
Fitness
Fact or Fiction?: A Clove of Garlic Can Stop a Vaginal Yeast Infection
A medical expert weighs in on our burning questions about alternative therapies for this pesky invader
Health
Is Meditation Overrated?
The scientific evidence is scant for many of the practice's widely touted benefits
Medicine
Medical Marijuana: How the Evidence Stacks Up
For many conditions, marijuana's effectiveness remains uncertain
Can Acupuncture Reverse Killer Inflammation?
The ST36 Zusanli () acupuncture point is located just below the knee joint. This spot in mice--and it is hoped perhaps in humans--may be a critical entryway to gaining control over the often fatal inflammatory reactions that accompany systemic infections...
Environment
Airplane to Fly across U.S. Powered by Sunshine [Slide Show]
Employing novel engineering, materials and psychology, a Swiss team will attempt to soar coast to coast this summer
Technology
Sensors and the City: IBM Exhibit Visualizes Today's Urban Problems--and Potential Solutions [Slide Show]
The IBM "Think" exhibit analyzes data to create virtual representations of wasted drinking water, solar-energy potential, traffic snarls, air quality and credit card transactions in and around New York City...
Technology
Next-Gen Scientists Honored for Evolving Medicine and Renewables [Slide Show]
Artificial antibodies, 3-D genome imaging, inexpensive prosthetics, a liner for hydrogen-car fuel tanks--winning ideas from the Lemelson-M.I.T. awards for students
Environment
Could Re-Wilding Avert the 6th Great Extinction? [Slide Show]
Biologists and conservationists aim to restore habitat while brokering a peace between people and predators
The Sciences
Science Museums Adapt in Struggle against Creationist Revisionism [Slide Show]
Institutions step up fight against attacks on theory of evolution
