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NASA to help build telescope that will study Universe's dark past
NASA has joined ESA's mission to photograph two billion galaxies.
Scientific Method / Science & Exploration
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Texas, where science and history have become ideological battlegrounds
PBS will show the story of the Texas State School Board's assault on facts.
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Writings of natural selection co-discoverer Alfred Russel Wallace go online
Unlike Darwin, Wallace's name passed into obscurity upon his death in 1913.
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New lab could unlock vast potential of seabed methane ice
Will look into burning methane clathrates in situ on the ocean floor.
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NASA rockets up a telescope to solve mysteries of the Sun’s corona
A gallery from NASA's recent mission to explore the Sun's hottest region.
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Saturn V “moon rocket” engine firing again after 40 years, sort of
NASA pulls giant engine parts from museums, remakes 'em, and lights 'em up.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: science funding can “guarantee your economic future”
But he warns Congressmen that the payoff can take decades.
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Powerful stellar outbursts could be sign of dual-core stars
Model of the huge explosions solves theoretical and observational mysteries.
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Hydrogen made with muons reveals proton size conundrum
A measurement that's off by 7 standard deviations may hint at new physics.
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Laser cooling of semiconductors by annihilating excitations
A visible-light laser rapidly cools some semiconductors by 40 degrees.
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How badly does the rebound effect undercut energy efficiency?
Not enough to offset the total savings, say economists.
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MP3 files written as DNA with storage density of 2.2 petabytes per gram
Researchers used trinary to take advantage of DNA's four bases.
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A magnetic quantum ratchet made of graphene turns AC to DC
Graphene's orbitals shift to allow current to flow in only one direction.
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Mini penguincam catches birds’ hunting success
One Adélie penguin nabbed 14 fish in 20 seconds.
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DARPA unveils robotic plan to reuse, recycle satellites in 2015
Phoenix program to test viability of harvesting parts from mothballed hardware.
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Folding wine-rack material expands when squeezed
Push this material, and it pushes back.
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Why was Earth bombarded with high-energy particles in the year 774?
Two papers, two different conclusions.
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Polynesians reached South America, picked up sweet potatoes, went home
Tubers were spread from New Zealand to Hawaii before European contact.
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Native Australians have had (carnal) knowledge of India
Travelers from India also may have brought culture, and the dingo.
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Wires smaller in diameter than light waves boost solar cell efficiency
Nanowire solar cell has output comparable to planar PVs using much less material.
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Fecal transplants cure diarrhea, modulate testosterone levels
Nutella was not used as a placebo control.
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Fire ant “supergene” controls social behavior
Cluster of genes acts like a sex chromosome, but modifies ant interactions.
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suspicious package
All backscatter “pornoscanners” to be removed from US airports
Rapiscan's machines are out, but its millimeter-wave competitors are staying.
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I've (not) got the power
Save the world by not giving out unwanted free phone chargers
UK operator O2 says that 82 percent of customers don't actually want the free charger.
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Melanoma misdiagnosis? Yep, there's an app for that
Research shows—surprise—automated diagnostic apps miss actual cancers.
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