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A is for Agujaceratops
Though little-known to the public, Agujaceratops plays an important role in tracing one particular episode in dinosaur evolution
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Drawing the Line on Drones
A lot of police departments will soon have their own flying robots. How far should they be allowed to go in shooting video from the sky?
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Jurassic Park 4′s Discharged Dinosaur Soldiers
Some scrapped Jurassic Park 4 designs show the movie’s insane ideas for dinosaur soldiers
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Mapping the Art Genome
A new Web site called Art.sy recommends art based on a visitor’s preference for a particular artist or artwork
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Bad News Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Makes Ice Weaker
An MIT study reveals that carbon dioxide directly reduces the strength of ice, which has troubling implications for climate change
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The Bat-Winged Dinosaur That Never Was
Just when naturalists began to suspect that birds might be dinosaurs, one researcher put forward a truly strange idea of what early bird ancestors would have looked like
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Chemistry Set
Banning toys with dangerous acids was a good idea, but was the price a couple generations of scientists?
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Painting Portraits With Bacteria
Microbiologist Zachary Copfer has created detailed portraits of famous artists and scientists in petri dishes
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Doing the T. rex Stretch
Did T. rex use its tiny arms to do push-ups?
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The Top Ten Human Evolution Discoveries from Ethiopia
Home to Lucy, Ardi, the oldest stone tools, the first fossils of modern humans and many other discoveries, Ethiopia deserves the title of Cradle of Humankind
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New Technology Maps Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Street and Neighborhood Level
The Hestia project draws on a variety of data sources to paint a comprehensive picture of a city’s greenhouse gas metabolism
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How Did Dinosaurs Sleep?
A lovely little fossil shows how some dinosaurs said goodnight
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Do We Really Pick Our Friends Based On Genetic Similarities?
A new study debunks the idea that friendships are influenced by shared genes
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The Trouble With Trees
Here are 10 things scientists have learned about trees this year. Thanks to climate change, it’s not a pretty picture.
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Patient, Heal Thyself
Cutting-edge research in regenerative medicine suggests that the future of health care may lie in getting the body to grow new parts and heal itself.
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The Fall of Domino Dinosaurs
A delicately-balanced domino setup replays the end of the Age of Dinosaurs
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Sinfully Delicious Apples That You Should Never Try to Eat
Inspired by the work of Cornell scientists, Los Angeles-based Jessica Rath creates sculptures and photographs of the autumn fruit
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Can You Give the Flu To Your Dog or Cat?
New research indicates that the influenza virus can jump from humans to pet animals, raising the possibility of dangerous mutations
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Haplocanthosaurus–A Morrison Mystery
Without a skull, determining the dinosaur’s relationships is difficult
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New Project Aims to Drill to the Earth’s Mantle, 3.7 Miles Down
Scientists aim to reach the mantle and bring back rock samples for the first time in human history
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