Droplets filled with nanoparticles behave just like bar magnets | Continue reading
Suddenly, nations are jockeying to control the seafloor and exploit resources in the rapidly thawing north | Continue reading
Northeastern states need the power source to meet renewable energy targets | Continue reading
Construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope was supposed to start on July 15 | Continue reading
Evidence suggests that such abnormal electrical activity may occur much earlier than signs of memory loss | Continue reading
The egg-bound developing animals are more attuned to the outside world than previously thought | Continue reading
More than two million square kilometers are being carved up, leaving little for the rest of the world | Continue reading
The five coastal countries will have to rectify their science and their politics | Continue reading
Suddenly, nations are jockeying to control the seafloor and exploit resources in the rapidly thawing north | Continue reading
Ignoring the connections between climate and security poses risks for the U.S. | Continue reading
Glaciologist Elizabeth Case, of Columbia University Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, takes us out near Juneau to study and live on the shifting ice. | Continue reading
Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon. | Continue reading
Just before Neil Armstrong climbed back into the lunar module, he scooped up a few last-minute soil samples--which upturned our understanding of planetary formation. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
A real-time capture of brain-circuit activity shows how simple it is to change what an animal sees | Continue reading
Greenhouse gas emissions will spike as grid operators fire up more power plants | Continue reading
Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” shaped a generation of future explorers—and even the first tweet sent from space | Continue reading
Why are VR companies launching their mental health care programs in the nation? | Continue reading
Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus, to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Climate-related disasters are happening more frequently and affecting a broad cross-section of the economy | Continue reading
The World Health Organization’s action could increase the resources available to fight year-old outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Continue reading
Brain cells that tick at regular intervals may coordinate neural activity like the conductor of an orchestra | Continue reading
Many white Americans feel that discrimination against whites is on the rise. Experiments suggests otherwise | Continue reading
Researchers are still optimistic about finding disease-altering medicines—just not anytime soon | Continue reading
Neuralink says it can robotically implant more than 3,000 flexible-polymer electrodes in a rat or monkey brain. The device is still a long way from routine human use, however | Continue reading
Seema Yasmin, director of research and education at the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, talks about her book The Impatient Dr. Lange: One Man’s Fight to End the Global HIV Epidemic. Lange was killed five years ago today when flight MH17 was shot down. | Continue reading
Increased air pollution impacted low birth weights and asthma attacks, a federal economist says | Continue reading
Sending atmospheric CO 2 into underground methane hydrates cleans the air and creates revenue | Continue reading
The fossils provide the first clear example of group nesting activities in dinosaurs | Continue reading
Youths rated as attractive were less likely to have negative encounters with the criminal justice system—but only if they were women. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Minerals used in electronics are found on the seafloor, but disturbing them could release carbon | Continue reading
Celebrating the past and future of humans on the moon | Continue reading
It is theoretically possible, though there is no known connection between the fault systems | Continue reading
The Thirty Meter Telescope project has faced years of legal challenges over planned Mauna Kea site | Continue reading
Scientific American presents the winner and runners-up of the ninth annual Art of Neuroscience contest, along with other notable entries | Continue reading
Thin layers of lightweight aerogel might be the main ingredient for making regions of the Red Planet more Earth-like | Continue reading
A proof-of-concept study got transgenic tobacco plants to make a useful enzyme in their chloroplasts, not nuclei, minimizing chances for transfer to other organisms. | Continue reading
Iron particles released by industrial activities are falling into the seas in greater quantities than previously thought | Continue reading
A large, correlation-based study identifies eight genome regions associated with the eating disorder | Continue reading
A Rhode Island program to prevent ex-inmate relapses and deaths is working | Continue reading
Rains from the system will prolong the already historic flooding along the Mississippi | Continue reading
Storm surge and torrential rains will bring flooding to Louisiana and potentially tax levees | Continue reading
The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, lander and rover will seek out water ice and other potentially valuable resources near the lunar south pole | Continue reading
Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers. | Continue reading
A new program outperforms professionals in six-player games. Could business, political or military applications come next? | Continue reading
Several designs could find uses in tiny robots and biomedical devices | Continue reading
High-risk design trials could create super-efficient vehicles | Continue reading
Climate change is already rotting archaeological sites in the Arctic, and Norse Viking-era settlements are at high risk | Continue reading
The pack produces a steady trickle of electricity from the swinging motion of your stuff. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading