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Some think that little computer you carry around with you is about to bring a sea change in the doctor-patient relationship. Is data power?
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How Do You Tell Time on Mars? There’s an App for That
NASA has produced an app that helps scientists and amateurs alike keep track of time on the Red Planet
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New Wrinkle in Tarbosaurus Kerfuffle
The man who prepared an illicit tyrannosaur specimen claims that the dinosaur is rightly his
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Multiple Species of Early Homo Lived in Africa
New fossils unearthed in Kenya confirm that at least two species of Homo co-existed in Africa two million years ago
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African Grey Parrots Have the Reasoning Skills of 3-Year-Olds
A new experiment showed that the birds are capable of abstract logical reasoning, a trait previously shown only by primates
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Artists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life
A forthcoming book showcases the best of modern dinosaur art
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See a Google-Earth-Like View of an Embryo, Down to an Individual Cell
A new technology combines thousands of individual images to create a zoom-able picture of living tissue, down to the cellular level
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Should We Go Back to Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park 4 is coming soon, but should we really go back to those dinosaur-infested islands?
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‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas Is Linked With Earthquakes
A new study finds a correlation between the underground injection of waste fluids from fracking and dozens of small earthquakes
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Soon new cars will have Internet access so carmakers are developing ways to reduce distractions. Like turning on the radio with the wink of an eye
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Rumors are circling that an Australian billionaire wants to create a Jurassic Park. Could it actually work?
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Becoming Human: The Evolution of Walking Upright
Walking on two legs distinguished the first hominids from other apes, but scientists still aren’t sure why our ancestors became bipedal
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How Olympians Could Beat the Competition by Tweaking Their Genes
The next horizon in getting that extra athletic advantage may not be steroids, but gene therapy
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VIDEO: This Deep-Sea Squid Breaks Off Its Own Arms to Confuse Predators
A bioluminescent squid species that lives off the coast of California was caught on camera ditching its arms
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Canada’s Dinosaur Park Formation is an exceptionally rich fossil boneyard, but what drove the evolution of the different dinosaurs found there?
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Landsat satellites have been taking photos of Earth for a long time, but only now can you watch zoomable, time-lapse images of the planet’s transformation.
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Curiosity, NASA’s Most Advanced Rover Yet, Is About to Land on Mars
The mobile laboratory will learn about the red planet’s climate and geology, hoping to determine whether it once could have supported life
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The Double Dinosaur Brain Myth
Contrary to a popular myth, dinosaurs didn’t have butt brains
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What if Jurassic Park were flipped, with raptors pondering the fate of prehistoric humans?
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Can Natural Herbs Protect Your Skin From the Sun?
A number of studies indicate that several herb extracts could protect against sunburn and other damage from UV light
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