Forget Mars -- there are plenty of more important goals we should be pursuing in space.
Appearing in the October, 1957 edition of Scientific American, this article is an early mention of a phenomenon that would come to be known as "white flight."
America prepares for the next lunar missions
Missing sleep tonight may just boost your dreams tomorrow night.
Is the so-called "Mozart effect" a scientifically supported, developmental leg up or a media-fueled "scientific legend"?
This week's clue:
Small goodbye?
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SPECIAL REPORT
The launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite half a century ago inaugurated the Space Age. What comes next?
SPECIAL REPORT
Humans are returning to the moon. This time the plan is to stay a while
SPECIAL REPORT
Planetary scientists have articulated goals for exploring the solar system
DEBATE
How Does Consciousness Happen
Two leading neuroscientists, Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield, disagree about the activity that takes place in the brain during subjective experience
How Does Consciousness Happen
Two leading neuroscientists, Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield, disagree about the activity that takes place in the brain during subjective experience
INNOVATIONS
Big Lab on a Tiny Chip
Squeezing a chemistry lab down to fingernail size could provide instant medical tests at home and on the battlefield
Big Lab on a Tiny Chip
Squeezing a chemistry lab down to fingernail size could provide instant medical tests at home and on the battlefield
Conservation for the People
Pitting nature and biodiversity against people makes little sense. Many conservationists now argue that human health and well-being should be central to conservation efforts
MEDICINE
Experimental Drugs on Trial
A controversial lawsuit challenges the FDA's system of controlling access to experimental drugs and, some say, the scientific basis of drug approval
Experimental Drugs on Trial
A controversial lawsuit challenges the FDA's system of controlling access to experimental drugs and, some say, the scientific basis of drug approval
The Diamond Age of Spintronics
Quantum electronic devices that harness the spins of electrons might one day enable room-temperature quantum computers—made of diamond
Toxic Bulbs
Recycling rules vary for mercury-containing fluorescents
Liquid Zoom
Adaptive lenses change magnification without moving
Easing Hormone Anxiety
For women just past menopause, hormone pills seem safe
New Beginnings
Ideas for a time before the big bang—which might be testable
Can the U.S. improve fuel economy without sacrificing safety?
Oceangoing Iron
A venture to profit from a CO2-eating algae bloom riles scientists
Surviving Side Effects
Security fears spawn ways to treat radiotherapy's downside
Helium Shortage--Cytokine Storm--Martian Dust Threat--Novel HIV Drug
Deadbeat granddads, life-shortening sons and genetically bullying brothers—these are just a few effects revealed in biologist Virpi Lummaa's studies of how evolutionary forces shape later generations
Today competition matters less than conquering space
To be of true service to humanity, science must be an exquisite blend of data, theory and narrative
Some strange science stories of recent vintage
One of the world's worst killers can be stopped soon if we make the investment
One of the world's worst killers can be stopped soon if we make the investment
