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Dave Levitan • October 31, 2008
After more than six years as director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Elias Zerhouni will step down at the end of October. Zerhouni presided over the nation’s primary […]
Brett Israel • October 31, 2008
How a little luck—and a large extinction—aided dinosaurs’ dominance.
Rachael Rettner • October 29, 2008
In the last few months there has been a downpour of discoveries in the area of stem cell research. Three of the latest findings reveal new ways to turn back […]
Dave Levitan • October 29, 2008
Animal data collectors can close gaps in ocean and ice monitoring.
Allison Bond • October 27, 2008
Asks Todd from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Susannah F. Locke • October 24, 2008
A new technique finds tropical birds sing duets to locate mates—and to guard their territories.
Victoria Stern • October 22, 2008
Phony memories of bad food experiences may help dieters trim calories.
Rachel Mahan • October 20, 2008
Asks Elizabeth from Maryland
Allison Bond • October 17, 2008
Physicists hope to unlock the mystery of this bizarre substance.
Eric R. Olson • October 15, 2008
A review of Daniel Gardner's book about the fears that shouldn't consume us.
Carina Storrs • October 14, 2008
In the early 1980s, bets would probably have been on virologist Robert Gallo, then at the National Cancer Institute, to win a Nobel Prize. At a time when scientists were […]
Natalie Peretsman • October 13, 2008
Asks William from California
Katherine Tweed • October 10, 2008
Researchers get aggressive with drug-resistant strains of TB and see promising results.
Allison Bond • October 9, 2008
Certain odors can bring back memories of birthday parties past or help us gauge the freshness of last week’s leftovers. Recent research into smells, however, reveals the other impacts they […]
Monica Heger • October 8, 2008
Farmers generate energy, save money and help the environment, with a little help from some dung.