Topic
Life Science
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Shelley DuBois • December 17, 2008
Researchers use lab rats to examine the role of choice in drug-seeking behavior.
Rachael Rettner • December 10, 2008
Improving this enzyme’s function decreases tissue damage during a heart attack and could even help with hangovers.
Lindsey Konkel • December 3, 2008
Eavesdropping plants drop hints about ecosystem health.
Jonathan Teyan • November 28, 2008
An Oklahoma scientist chases down the secrets of Alaskan sled dog endurance.
Brett Israel • November 26, 2008
Hot-growing bacteria may be the key to the next generation of biofuels.
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.
Christopher Intagliata • November 3, 2008
Asks Leo in Arizona
Brett Israel • October 31, 2008
How a little luck—and a large extinction—aided dinosaurs’ dominance.
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.
Monica Heger • October 8, 2008
Farmers generate energy, save money and help the environment, with a little help from some dung.
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.
Adam T. Hadhazy • August 27, 2008
Both deadly and benign spore-forming bacteria's genes allow them to eke it out in extreme conditions.