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A new report indicates that we have roughly 8 years to cut fossil fuel use without risking catastrophic levels of warming
December 16, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The oceans show holiday spirit with a worm on coral reefs that resembles a fluffy fir tree adorned with colored ornaments.
December 14, 2012
| By Emily Frost
From the Higgs Boson to the Curiosity rover, 2012 was a major year for science
December 14, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
From feathers to black market fossil controversies, 2012 was a big year for dinosaurs
December 14, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Canadian researchers have created a computer model that performs tasks like a human brain. It also sometimes forgets things.
December 14, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
January 2013 | By Michael Caruso
Coral reefs and radio telescopes make a trip to the tropics more than worthwhile
January 2013
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
A new study shows that female mice who smell pheromones in potential mates' urine will constantly return to the site of exposure even weeks later
December 13, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Recently unveiled dinosaur sculptures are frustrating eyesores to some and tourist attractions to others
December 13, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Previously traced to ancient Egypt, prehistoric pottery indicates that cheese was invented thousands of years earlier
December 12, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Seen from a mathematical perspective, today's date--12/12/12--is more than a coveted wedding anniversary
December 12, 2012
| By Mohi Kumar
The search for humans' most ancient ancestors began in South Africa, where some of paleoanthropology's most iconic fossils have been found
December 12, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
Were enigmatic, 230-million-year-old burrows created by dinosaurs?
December 12, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs can help us unlock essential secrets about the history of life on Earth
December 11, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Microscopic barbs allow porcupine quills to slice into flesh easily and stay there stubbornly—qualities that could prove useful in medical applications
December 10, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The history of anthropology is littered with many now-defunct hominid species that no longer have a place in the human family tree
December 10, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
The name of the long-snouted dinosaur Irritator hints at the troubled history surrounding the spinosaur's classification
December 10, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A roundup of unique (if impractical) science gifts, from glass anatomical models to retro adding machines
December 07, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Claw Shapes: A Glimpse Into the Lifestyle of Raptors?
December 07, 2012
| By Brian Switek
In the future, your cell phone's accelerometer could help detect earthquakes
December 05, 2012
| By Colin Schultz
From glasses that fight jet lag to a plant that waters itself to a rocking chair that fires up the iPad, here are presents no one will forget.
December 07, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Claws once thought to belong to a giant turtle turned out to be from one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever found
December 06, 2012
| By Brian Switek
So you think Spiderman’s and Catwoman’s special powers are impressive. They’re nothing compared to what these creatures can do
December 06, 2012
| By Sarah Zielinski
A new study finds that prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals much more frequently than modern artists
December 05, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
A fragmentary skeleton pins the emergence of dinosaurs more than 10 million years earlier than previously thought
December 05, 2012
| By Brian Switek
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