BACTERIA THAT COULD PREVENT CANCER
The Breast Has Its Own Microbiome
If certain bacteria do instigate cancer, the finding could lead to new screening methods or treatments.
Scientific American
BLINDED BY THE DARK (ENERGY)
What The Heck Is Dark Energy?
The path to understanding dark energy begins with one question: Has it remained the same through the universe’s history?
A LIVER DEATH ISSUE
The Silent Epidemic No One's Talking About
As nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, stealthily becomes a leading cause of transplants, drug companies race to develop treatments.
STORY TIME
What Myths Tell Us About Migration
Analyzing how stories change in the retelling down through the generations sheds light on the history of human migration going as far back as the Paleolithic period.
TESTING THEIR LIMITS
How The FDA Manipulates The Media
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, and other institutions are following suit.
CLAWED THEIR WAY TO THE TOP
How Cats Conquered The World (And A Few Viking Ships)
A large-scale study of ancient feline DNA charts the domestication and global spread of house cats.
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT
How Morality Changes In A Foreign Language
Fascinating ethical shifts come with thinking in a different language.
CELL BEEROLOGY
How Humans Tamed Beer Yeast
Scientists sequence the genomes of nearly 200 beer-making strains to reveal yeast in action.
HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR?
Three Different Types Of Human Chimeras
The news that researchers want to create human-animal genetic hybrids has generated controversy recently, and may conjure up ideas about Frankenstein-ish experiments. But living things with two sets of DNA, known as chimeras, aren't always man-made — and there are a number of examples of human chimeras that already exist.
MILLISECONDS AWAY
Are We Reaching The End Of World Records?
As we near the limits of human strength and speed, technology and culture keep moving the finish line.
REAL STEEL
Welcome To The Cyborg Olympics
The Cybathlon aims to help disabled people navigate the most difficult course of all: the everyday world
POKING HOLES IN THE IDEA
Science Casts Doubt On The Value Of Acupuncture
In its native China, the procedure had been written off as superstition back in the 1600s and abandoned altogether in favor of a more science-based approach to healing by the 1800s. Somehow that didn't stop acupuncture from catching on in America in the 1970s.
A CYCLICAL PROBLEM SET
The Bicycle Problem That Nearly Broke Mathematics
Jim Papadopoulos has spent a lifetime pondering the maths of bikes in motion. Now his work has found fresh momentum
WHAT ABOUT NAIL-BITING ADULTS?
Thumb-Sucking, Nail-Biting Kids May Have Lower Allergy Risk
A three-decade study suggests oral bacteria influence the immune response.
ONE STEP UP FROM 'SHARKNADO'
'Zombie Volcano' Slowly Grows Beneath New Zealand
Molten rock accumulates in a magma chamber outside the North Island’s main volcanoes, which all equates to one, giant zombie volcano down under.
GOD'S HARD DRIVE DOESN'T FAIL... AS MUCH
Why Tech Is Scrambling To Biology For Data Storage
Interest by Microsoft and others in DNA–based storage could deliver post-silicon electronic memory within a decade
IS BIGGER BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO BOMBS?
The Trillion-Dollar Question Obama Did Not Answer In Hiroshima
Nuclear physicists wonder: Should we downsize our nuclear arsenal?
PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SEX
Why The US Failed To Prevent HIV In Africa With Abstinence
Washington spent more than $1 billion telling people in 14 African countries not to have sex before they get married. It didn’t work.
WE ALL KNOW WHO THE MATH MAJORS ARE
What Your Academic Major Says About Your Personality — According To Science
From the humanities to economics, research identifies some common themes.
ON THE IoT, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE A CAT
What Happens When The Internet Of Things Is Connected To Wild Animals?
Intelligent technology is rapidly approaching the point where wild animals can start pinging us, and we're able to identify them as unique individuals with their own backstory.
