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Harvard professor and scientific genius George Whitesides believes that nanotechnology will change medicine as we know it
August 2010
| By Michael Rosenwald
Astronomers are determined to protect human beings from inanimate outer space invaders
August 2010
| By Robert Irion
Probes and landers sent into the final frontier will bring us closer to answering cosmic mysteries
August 2010
| By Mark Strauss
The billionaire entertainment mogul talks about the future of transportation and clean energy
August 2010
| By Megan Gambino
An entrepreneur hits the road with a new approach for an all-electric car that overcomes its biggest shortcoming
August 2010
| By Joshua Hammer
At the South Pole, astronomers try to unravel a force greater than gravity that will determine the fate of the cosmos
April 2010
| By Richard Panek
Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine
January 22, 2010
| By Sarah Zielinski
Dust captured by a spacecraft from a comet's tail holds clues to the origin of the solar system
December 2009
| By Robert Irion
In the past decade, extraordinary space missions have found water on Mars, magnetic storms on Mercury and volcanoes on the moons of Saturn
October 2009
| By Laura Helmuth
Four hundred years ago, the Italian scientist looked into space and changed our view of the universe
August 2009
| By David Zax
40 years ago, the lunar module landed on the moon, providing an unforgettable moment for the millions watching back on Earth
August 2009
| By Owen Edwards
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Always cited as the hallmark of man’s innovation, here is the real story behind the wheel – from its origins to its reinvention
June 18, 2009
| By Megan Gambino
Scientists believe that microRNA may lead to breakthroughs in diagnosing and treating cancer
July 2009
| By Sylvia Pagán Westphal
Electrical engineer Annette von Jouanne is pioneering an ingenious way to generate clean, renewable electricity from the sea
July 2009
| By Elizabeth Rusch
Can scientists build a machine that learns as it goes and plays well with others? A new robot design draws on ways human babies learn about the world
July 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Despite federal opposition to embryonic stem cell research, the promise of medical benefits, academic freedom and profits in California is luring scientists to the field
December 2005
| By Jon Cohen
Now that the telescope has received its final upgrades, we look back on Hubble's most memorable images from space
May 06, 2009
| By Joseph Caputo
Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now
April 02, 2009
| By Aleta George
December 17, 2008 | By Megan Gambino
A husband-and-wife team's experimental genetic treatment for blindness is renewing hopes for a controversial field of medicine
January 2009
| By Jocelyn Kaiser
The first biography of Galileo Galilei resurfaces and offers a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial
August 12, 2008
| By Mike Price
Experts provide opposing viewpoints on manned missions to space
July 2008
| By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Where to See Famous Diamonds
June 01, 2008
| By Sarah Zielinski
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