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- 60-Second Science Health
Donate Your Health Data To Medical Science
You can now share your genome, health and microbiome info and viral infection data to crowdsourced medical research projects. Cynthia Graber reports.
- Nature Technology
Intelligent Robots Must Uphold Human Rights
The common fear is that intelligent machines will turn against humans. But who will save the robots from each other, and from us, asks one academic - EarthTalk Energy & Sustainability
How to Help Prevent Cutting Down the Amazon
Even if you live far away what you buy can help shape the future of the Brazilian rainforest - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Canada Pushes Ahead with Keystone XL Alternatives
The Keystone XL pipeline is not the only way to get tar sands oil out of Alberta - Chemical & Engineering News More Science
Head of U.S. Chemical Safety Board Resigns
Rafael Moure-Erasa resigned under White House Pressure amid charges of mismanagement - Chemical & Engineering News More Science
Opossum Compounds Isolated to Help Make Antivenom
And researchers have engineered a common bacteria to inexpensively create the snakebite treatment - Extinction Countdown Energy & Sustainability
How Zoos Acquire Endangered Species
How do you transport two young orangutans to a zoo thousands of kilometers away from their native lands? Here's the simple answer: FedEx. Here's the less simple answer: It's a lot of work. - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 4 Health
Air Quality in Bed Is a Nightmare
Pillows, bedding and tossing and turning all influence what you inhale while fast asleep - Chemical & Engineering News More Science
Pesky Packing Peanuts Baked and Crushed to Make Battery Electrodes
Chemical engineers flooded with the foam pieces figured out how to transform them into electrodes that work better than conventional ones - Guest Blog Health
The Quest for Better Broccoli Starts with More Science
Everyone knows that broccoli is good for you. What was not known—until researchers examined how broccoli was prepared for distribution—is that frozen broccoli lacked the cancer-fighting nutrients that the fresh vegetable provided. - Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 1s Mind & Brain
Exercises Improve Memory in Older Adults
Researchers have found ways to lessen age-related forgetfulness - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 4 Mind & Brain
Self-Control: The Secret to Life’s Successes
Self-control is not just a puritanical virtue. It is a key psychological trait that breeds success at work and play—and in overcoming life's hardships - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Mexico Makes Landmark Pledge to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Pollution
Mexico is the first developing country to lay out a plan to cut carbon dioxide, though some remain skeptical - Life, Unbounded Space
The Grand Texture of Planets
In an idle moment, while staring at a set of solar system data, it occurred to me that it might be interesting to display a set of planetary surfaces on an equal footing, where the overall texture of these worlds was visible (although topography is probably a more [...] - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 2 Mind & Brain
How the Brain Makes Memories
Our minds are veritable memory machines - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 4 Space
Black Hole “Firewalls” Could Change Physics Forever
“Firewalls” of particles may border black holes, confounding both general relativity and quantum mechanics - News Space
NASA Assures Skeptical Congress That the James Webb Telescope Is on Track
The program will not repeat past mistakes, officials vow, and will launch as planned in 2018
- Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 4 Technology
The Space Station Gets an Espresso Maker
Talk about out-of-this-world coffee! - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 4 More Science
Readers Respond to "World Changing Ideas"
Letters to the editor from the December 2014 issue of Scientific American - Reuters Energy & Sustainability
U.S. Set to Meet Global-Warming Plan Deadline with UN
A U.S. plan will be submitted early this week but most governments will miss an informal March 31 deadline, complicating work on a global climate deal due in December
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