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Allison Bond • November 25, 2008
After waiting nearly two hours for a bus in the rain, my muscles felt tight and my pulse was racing. But I dialed up Creedence Clearwater Revival on my iPod, […]
Adam T. Hadhazy • November 24, 2008
Asks John from New York
Frederik Joelving • November 19, 2008
A new birth control pill carrying a load of modified testosterone may boost sexual desire in women on the Pill.
Lindsey Konkel • November 18, 2008
If friends, family, and stuffed turkey aren’t reason enough to thank your lucky stars this Thanksgiving, you can add one more thing to the list – enzymes. Enzymes speed up […]
Carina Storrs • November 14, 2008
Geneticists hope their stem cell research will find new drugs against this debilitating disease.
Lindsey Konkel • November 5, 2008
One ugly insect overturns assumptions about the best mate.
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 […]
Susannah F. Locke • October 24, 2008
A new technique finds tropical birds sing duets to locate mates—and to guard their territories.
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
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.
Eric R. Olson • October 1, 2008
A recent study reveals differences in cardiac arrest survival on nights and weekends.
Christopher Intagliata • September 26, 2008
A conversation with Richard Bonneau about engineering new microbes to solve our problems.
Natalie Peretsman • August 29, 2008
The choices made by fruit fly larvae may provide basic understanding of how animals make decisions.