Sewage Epidemiology Not Just a Pipe Dream
Scientists are beginning to analyze sewage to track the use of illegal drugs
Drones are Ready for Takeoff
Will unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—soon take civilian passengers on pilotless flights?
A Triumph in the War Against Cancer
Oncologist Brian Druker developed a new treatment for a deadly cancer, leading to a breakthrough that has transformed medicine
A Spanish Breakthrough in Harnessing Solar Power
Solar technologies being pioneered in Spain show even greater promise for the United States
Embedded Technologies: Power From the People
Energy harvested from our bodies will make possible mind-boggling gadgetry
The Ten Most Disturbing Scientific Discoveries
Scientists have come to some surprising conclusions about the world and our place in it. Are some things just better left unknown?
How Sleepy Are Sloths and Other Lessons Learned
Smithsonian scientists use radio technology to track animals in an island jungle in the middle of the Panama Canal
Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells
Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine
Signs of Life
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we’re not alone
Midas Touch
To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
How to Make a Dodo
Biologist Beth Shapiro has figured out a recipe for success in the field of ancient DNA research
Flu Fighter
With a possible pandemic in our future, immunologist John Wherry is racing to develop a once-a-lifetime vaccine
Dogged
Primatologist Brian Hare investigates the social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos in Africa. But dogs and foxes showed him the way
Presto!
Can invisible technology make Harry Potter disappear?
DeLorean Tremens
Hold onto your flux capacitors, time machines have nearly arrived
View from the Cockpit
It’s a fast and furious time in science and technology, and a man who knows promises only more of the same
Greetings from the Antiworld
Every subatomic particle has its opposite number, but luckily it’s not true on a larger scale
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