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By harnessing bacteria to do the heavy lifting, a way to clean pharmaceuticals from waste water
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An enormous solar storm could short out telecom satellites, radio communications, and power grids, leading to trillions of dollars in damages, experts say
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Unless we get a lot of rain, soon, the U.S. is heading for another summer of drought
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Ready-made meals, good for months on a pantry shelf, work for busy nights, camping trips and power outages
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Gorgeous animated gifs give depth to stunning nebulae
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Is it art? Or science? With DNA, Eduardo Kac pushes the limits of creativity and ethics
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Expect higher sea levels in the equatorial Pacific and lower ones near the poles by 2100, according to new research
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Artists are borrowing from biology to create dazzling "biodesigns" that challenge our aesthetics—and our place in nature
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To combat the housing crisis in major American cities, architects are designing smaller, more efficient apartments that will change the way urbanites live
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See evidence of how early humans adapted, celebrate Latin America's coolest flowers and learn about Harlem the Renaissance's most important artists
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Cornell scientists used computerized scanning, 3D printers and cartilage from cows to create living prosthetic ears
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Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills—and an advocate for women's rights. On a U.S. tour in 1942, she found a friend in the first lady
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A new study indicates that roughly half become habituated to the smell of DEET over time, reducing its effectiveness as a repellent
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Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
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Advertisers love to use futurism as a way to position their products as forward-thinking
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Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan takes portraits of spiders and insects in the hopes of turning your revulsion of the creatures into reverence
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Life in this legendary town in Ecuador's Valley of Longevity may be too good—and too long—to be true
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Scientists use computer simulations to test how geographic features help create intense snowstorms that blanket cities near lake shores with snow
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Everything from parrots to gossipy novels influenced art in Japan between 1603 to 1868
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And you think you're having a bad work week, just think about the robots
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