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Monica Heger • March 31, 2008
The best new technology often comes from its exact opposite—nature. Case in point, the Humboldt squid, which manage to use a hard, razor sharp beak to kill and rip up […]
Andrew Grant • March 31, 2008
- Asks Sue from Long Island, N.Y.
Molika Ashford • March 27, 2008
As the warm days start piling up, many New York City residents may find themselves dreaming of the beach, barbecues and drippy, drippy ice cream cones. I love all that […]
Christopher Intagliata • March 26, 2008
At a meeting of Brooklyn's Secret Science Club, neuroscientist and composer Dave Sulzer explains how our brains compose music — even when we're completely unaware of it.
Is it true that an astronaut brought an iPod to space? What other weird stuff has made that trip?
Karina Hamalainen • March 24, 2008
- Asks JB from Denver, CO
Kristin Elise Phillips • March 21, 2008
What global warming means for preserved microorganisms.
Emily V. Driscoll • March 19, 2008
How sled dogs can teach us about mercury contamination.
Natalie Peretsman • March 13, 2008
A study discovers that water supplies are tainted with an array of everyday drugs.
Susannah F. Locke • March 12, 2008
Knowing that our dear Scienceline readers may be wondering what’s new in the world of male reproductive fluids, we bring you this: Semen ain’t just sperm. In two recent papers, […]
Natalie Peretsman • March 12, 2008
A vaccine ready for its final trial phase may protect African infants and children.
Eric R. Olson • March 10, 2008
- Asks Jackie from Connecticut
Rachel Mahan • March 8, 2008
Every time I think about becoming a vegetarian, it looks good on paper and even feels good in practice for a few days. But then my stomach rolls over, begging […]
Susannah F. Locke • March 7, 2008
Tuna farming advances, but strict fishing regulations might be the only hope for this sushi fish.
Katherine Tweed • March 6, 2008
I was pretty excited in January when New York City announced that it would require grocery stores to recycle plastic bags. Now, it seems like small potatoes when Gordon Brown, […]
Karina Hamalainen • March 4, 2008
It’s a catchy title, isn’t it? Somewhere between that and the full-page advertisement in the New Scientist, I was persuaded to buy the book How to Fossilize your Hamster: And […]