Biomimetics Creatures Worth Knowing and Imitating July 21, 2015 Studies of animals and cells reveal designs in nature we can appreciate and imitate. CONTINUE READING
Physics Tiny Organisms Control the World July 19, 2015 An unexpected source that regulates global climate is found among the smallest of living things. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Is Pluto Another Geyser World? "Shocking" Images Baffle Scientists July 17, 2015 In addition to featureless plains, Pluto may even sport active geysers—with no recourse to tidal heating to power them. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Pluto Is Young July 15, 2015 The New Horizons science team is stunned by surface features on Pluto and its large moon Charon that cannot be billions of years old. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Pluto Inbound Image Stuns Scientists July 14, 2015 It's not a featureless orb: Pluto has a whale and a heart. A "complex and nuanced" surface shows that Pluto and its large moon Charon had a history. CONTINUE READING
Geology Where Are the Earth's Impact Craters? July 13, 2015 The number of impact craters on Earth is almost negligible compared to Mars and the moon. Can erosion explain this? CONTINUE READING
Human Body Human Eye Has Nanoscale Resolution July 10, 2015 No more complaining about bad design in the human eye. Optical experts prove it can distinguish differences at billionths of a meter. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Will Pluto Surprise Scientists? July 9, 2015 First-time encounters have a long history of shocking planetary scientists with unexpected features. It's about time for Pluto. CONTINUE READING
SETI Desperately Seeking Life Beyond Earth July 7, 2015 Earth life cannot be unique. How about you, Mars? Europa, anything? Enceladus? Comet 67P? Please break the silence! CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Making Up Facts to Fit a Narrative July 6, 2015 To be a good evolutionary scientist, write your narrative first. Then observe things. Finally, make up a model that fits the narrative. CONTINUE READING
Human Body More to Thank God for in Your Body July 4, 2015 Here's news about wonders in the human body you may not know about. CONTINUE READING
Physics Natural Light Shows Dazzle Scientists July 3, 2015 Here are some news stories from diverse fields of science, related only by the phenomenon of light. CONTINUE READING
SETI SETI Believers Are Lost in Space July 2, 2015 How long can you say "watch this space" till onlookers lose interest? CONTINUE READING
Geology Geology Fail: The Problem with Proxies June 25, 2015 Using an observable data set as a stand-in for a theoretical model can be misleading, as several new geology papers illustrate. CONTINUE READING
Physics Quantum and Classical Realities: Reconciled at Last? June 22, 2015 Some physicists think they've explained how quantum effects vanish at macro scales; others say it doesn't change quantum mechanical paradoxes. CONTINUE READING