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A Survey of the 161 Bacterial Families That Live on Your Fruits and Veggies
The first-ever sequencing of the “produce microbiome” reveals that grapes, peaches and sprouts host the largest diversity of harmless bacteria
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Warning: Living Alone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Being socially isolated increases your chance of death—but not because you’re feeling depressed over being lonely
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Caleb Cain Marcus’ Photos of Glaciers on a Disappearing Horizon
With a surprisingly light touch, the New York City-based photographer instills feelings of solitude in his images of massive glaciers
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Prehistoric Human Skull Shows Signs of Inbreeding
A 100,000-year-old skull has a hole that reflects genetic mutations from inbreeding—likely a common behavior for our ancestors
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Science Shows Why You’re Smarter Than a Neanderthal
Neanderthal brains had more capacity devoted to vision and body control, with less left over for social interactions and complex cognition
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Lousy Sleep Isn’t Good For Your Body, Either
More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind—and body—than we ever could have imagined
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What Does the Unbelievably Bad Air Quality in Beijing Do to the Human Body?
The level of soot in Beijing’s air is off the charts, leading to higher risks of lung cancer, heart attacks and other health problems
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The War on Cancer Goes Stealth
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
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Where Men See White, Women See Ecru
Neuroscientists prove what we always suspected: the two sexes see the world differently
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Video: This Stretchable Battery Could Power the Next Generation of Wearable Gadgets
Durable and rechargeable, the new battery can be stretched to 300 percent of its size and still provide power
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The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work
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Climate Change is Reducing Our Ability to Get Work Done
Increased temperature and humidity have already limited humankind’s overall capacity for physical work—and it will only get worse in the future
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Growing New Hearts Without Using Embryonic Stem Cells
A different type of stem cell—one used in asexual reproduction—can create new heart muscle tissue without raising ethical questions, new studies show
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With Biodesign, Life is Not Only the Subject of Art, But the Medium Too
Artists are borrowing from biology to create dazzling “biodesigns” that challenge our aesthetics—and our place in nature
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An Artificial Ear Built By a 3D Printer and Living Cartilage Cells
Cornell scientists used computerized scanning, 3D printers and cartilage from cows to create living prosthetic ears
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Study Predicts Political Beliefs With 83 Percent Accuracy
Scans show that liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they take risks, helping to pinpoint the political party a person prefers
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The Unsettling Beauty of Lethal Pathogens
British artist Luke Jerram’s handblown glass sculptures show the visual complexity and delicacy of E. coli, swine flu, malaria and other killing agents
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The Year’s Most Outstanding Science Visualizations
A juried competition honors photographs, illustrations, videos, posters, games and apps that marry art and science in an evocative way
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Pick Your Poison: A Diet Mixer Could Make You Get Drunk Faster
The same amount of liquor causes a higher level of intoxication when mixed with diet soda instead of regular soda, a new study finds
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Primal Screens: How Pro Football Is Amping Up Its Game
Pro football is turning to screens—some massive, others on smart phones—to try to keep its fans entertained.
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