Botany Want a Wood-Plastic Bowl for Your Wood Stew? June 6, 2016 Scientists are realizing that components of wood have many practical and healthful uses. CONTINUE READING
Botany Peas and Prosperity June 1, 2016 A healthy plant community relies on natural mechanisms that agricultural scientists can tap into. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Re-inventing Transportation by Watching Animals May 31, 2016 Here are 3 ways science is advancing through the imitation of nature. CONTINUE READING
Botany Sunflower Motion Is a Black Box May 30, 2016 Something as commonly observable as sunflowers following the sun is difficult to explain. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Design Inspires Scientific Advances May 9, 2016 When you see cutting-edge science in materials and methods, you are likely to read "Inspired by Nature." CONTINUE READING
Intelligent Design Life as the Communication of Information April 28, 2016 Could the essence of life be not so much the material substrate, but the transfer of information? CONTINUE READING
Genetics Why Chernobyl Neighbors Are Not Dying April 21, 2016 Surprising scientists, both people and animals are doing OK around the world's worst nuclear accident site. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Plastic Proteins and Turtle Skis April 18, 2016 Here's news about the latest technologies coming out of biomimetics, the imitation of nature's designs. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Biomimetics Inspires Education March 7, 2016 Students and teachers are catching on to the potential of biological design to inspire good science. CONTINUE READING
Botany Death Valley Comes Alive March 6, 2016 As if resurrected from the dead, forgotten seeds burst forth in a celebration of life in the hottest place on earth. CONTINUE READING
Health Take a Forest Bath February 7, 2016 Science supports a Japanese tradition of "forest bathing" for mental refreshment and overall well-being. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Nature Inspires Hi-Tech Design February 6, 2016 Scientists and engineers continue the gold rush to imitate nature's solutions to problems. CONTINUE READING
Geology Why Is a New Theory of Coal Formation Needed? January 22, 2016 When a new theory comes along, better examine why the old one needed replacing. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Secret Animal Hideouts January 20, 2016 Small animals can hide out in secret places, even in your own home. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Organisms Refusing to Evolve Over Millions of Years January 15, 2016 Several more cases of "extreme stasis" have turned up, calling into question Darwin's notion of constant, gradual change over millions of years. CONTINUE READING