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Energy & Sustainability
U.S. Court Overturns Law Limiting Biotech Crops on Hawaiian island
A group of global biotech crop companies won a court victory on Monday that blocks enactment of a law passed last year limiting the planting of biotech crops on Kauai -
Nature
Health
Liquid Salts Bypass Skin to Treat Infections
'Ionic liquids' can disrupt microbial biofilms and help antibiotics penetrate outer skin layers -
Observations
Energy & Sustainability
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Earthquakes in Napa, Iceland and...Ohio? [video]
Photos are everywhere today of wine bottles, and in some cases wine barrels, broken on the floors of Napa Valley, the famous wine region in California–dashed to the ground by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck there early Sunday. -
Special Editions Volume 23, Issue 2s
Evolution
Transylvanian Baron Uncovered Clues to Dinosaur Evolution
A maverick aristocrat's ideas about dinosaur evolution turn out to have been decades ahead of their time -
Talking back
Mind & Brain
Get Smart by Using 10 Percent Less of Your Brain
The movie Lucy has become a teaching moment in the last month or so for scientists and journalists to remind the world—time and again—that we don’t just use 10 percent of our brains. -
Video
Energy & Sustainability
Can Humans Cause Earthquakes? - Instant Egghead
We're digging deeper into Earth's crust than we ever have before, pulling water up and pumping it down. As Scientific American editor David Biello explains, these are just a few of the many ways humans are triggering severe seismic activity. -
Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 5
Mind & Brain
These 5 Illusions Turn Ordinary Humans into Superheroes
Superpower your imagination -
Nature
Space
Imprint of Primordial Monster Star Found
The detection of the chemical signature of a relic star brings long-awaited evidence for massive stellar ancestors -
60-Second Science
Mind & Brain
Soccer Goalies Ignore Basic Rule of Probability
When penalty shots repeatedly head in one direction, world-class goalkeepers are more likely to lunge the other way. Karen Hopkin reports -
News
Energy & Sustainability
Incognito Caterpillar Threatens U.S. Borders
Faster identification may help officials protect America from an invasive, crop-killing pest -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Small Island States, Facing Rising Seas, Seek Economic Overhaul
Small island states facing a "frightening" rise in sea levels will seek investments in everything from solar energy to fisheries to boost their economies at a U.N. summit next week -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3
Evolution
The Latest Fossil Finds Make the Puzzle of Human Evolution Harder Than Ever to Solve
The latest molecular analyses and fossil finds suggest that the story of human evolution is far more complex—and more interesting—than anyone imagined -
Running Ponies
More Science
These tiny scorpions would like to perform an important inspection of your old book collection, please
Book scorpions are the best/worst thing to happen to books, because book scorpions! But also book scorpions... Properly known as pseudoscorpions, these tiny, tiny creatures have a fondness for old books, because old books also happen to contain delicious booklice and dust mites. -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3
Evolution
The Origin of Humans Is Surprisingly Complicated
Many kinds of archaic humans walked the planet at the same time. How did Homo sapiens come to be the last species standing? -
Rosetta Stones
Energy & Sustainability
South Napa Earthquake: Which Fault’s at Fault?
What the [insert expletive of choice here] is happening? That’s pretty much the first question that traverses most of our minds when the formerly-solid ground starts rocking and rolling. -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Quakes at Iceland Volcano Ease Slightly, No Sign of Eruption
Seismic activity at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano eased slightly overnight after a series of large quakes and there were still no signs of an eruption, the country's Met Office said early on Monday. Authorities have been on alert since increased movement at Iceland's largest volcano system this month triggered memories of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 that shut down much of Europe's airspace for six days. -
Bering in Mind
Mind & Brain
Nice Grill: You Look Like Your Car (and Your Car Looks Like Your Dog)
Photograph by Glen Mitchell In a recent article over at Slate, I reviewed an astonishing new set of findings from Japan showing that subjects can correctly match people to their pets when given only a paucity of physical cues. -
Nature Climate Change
Energy & Sustainability
Hundreds of Methane Plumes Spotted on Seafloor
Bubble streams off the U.S. east coast could be methand-rich ices warming and releasing the potent greenhouse gas -
Rosetta Stones
Energy & Sustainability
How to Stay Safe in an Earthquake: Napa Temblor Reminds Us to Prepare Now
California residents in the Napa area got a rude awakening early this morning when an earthquake of roughly magnitude 6.0 shook the valley. -
60-Second Mind
Mind & Brain
People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things
Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily quantifiable. Erika Beras reports
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