Peter Ward on Mass Extinction

Boys With Unpopular Names More Likely to Break Law

Boys in the United States with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Ivan.

Lakes on Titan seen changing levels

Photos of the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, made from images taken almost one year apart, show changes in dark areas that may be lakes filled by seasonal rains of liquid hydrocarbons.

Fingerprints Filter The Vibrations Fingers Feel

Ridges may help make touch sensation efficient

Serotonin Turns Shy Locusts Into Cereal Killers

Smells, sights and tickles as locusts gather lead to a surge in the neurotransmitter

Milky Way As Massive As 3 Trillion Suns

Heftier size puts our galaxy on par with neighboring Andromeda, implying a closer collision date. Findings also suggest Milky Way has four spiral arms.

Working Artificial Nerve Networks Under Development

Scientists hope to learn how to grow nerve networks that perform as logic circuits. They have already hooked brains directly to computers by means of metal electrodes...

Low–cost LEDs May Slash Household Electric Bills Within Five Years

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75%

A New Approach for Antibiotics

Audio from Science Friday: October 17, 2008

A Different Approach to Political Maps

Woody Norris: Inventing the next amazing thing

Gigapan Photo: Obama's Inaugural Address by David Bergman

CUTTING SALT ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE

Study Suggests Boosting Potassium is also Effective

Helium rains inside jovian planets

Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look.

Astronauts lose hipbone strength

Astronauts on International Space Station lose alarming amounts of hipbone strength. UCI study reveals greater rate of bone deterioration than previously though.

CSHL scientists find a new class of small RNAs and define its function

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced today the discovery of a new class of small RNAs and the presence of a strikingly novel biochemical pathway for RNA processing in which these and possibly other small RNAs are produced.

Surrounded by friends? It's all in your genes

Are you a social butterfly, or do you prefer being at the edge of a group of friends? Either way, your genes and evolution may play a major role, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Nano Hairs Twist Into Tiny Dreadlocks

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Getting into space by broomstick

The proposed space elevator project could be powered by a simple new approach, demonstrated using a broomstick.

US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury - Yahoo! News

A U.S. biotech company says it plans to start this summer the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells — a long-awaited project aimed at spinal cord injury.

Scientists solve `The Italian Job' cliffhanger - Yahoo! News

Some of the Britain's brightest minds have resolved one of the country's biggest cinematic cliffhangers: How the robbers could have got away with the gold at the end of "The Italian Job."

Common Soil Mineral Degrades the Nearly Indestructible Prion - US News and World Report

Researchers have found that a common soil mineral can penetrate the prion and degrade the protein.

Scientists unravel why women love make-up - Telegraph

Women anticipate a rush of anticipation and optimism as they prepare to apply
make-up, according to brain function research by Japanese scientists.

Top 5 Cases For Martian Life

Ancient computer recreated

World’s first flying car prepares for take-off - Times Online

Is it a car? Is it a plane? Actually it’s both.

Bug Labs takes on the gadget giants - Jan. 10, 2008

Leave it to a small business to reinvent consumer electronics. Tiny New York City-based Bug Labs is about to come to market with a do-it-yourself modular hardware gadget that lets customers custom create their own electronics.

Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches - Times Online

Click here for how to reduce the footprint of the Web | Google's response to

flying car journey

A group of British explorers is about to take off on a huge adventure, travelling four and a half kilometres in a flying car.

20 Worst Foods in America, 2009 on Yahoo! Health

More than 10 other items from 2008's lineup have been removed from menus (or mysteriously had their calorie counts lowered).

Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15 January 2009 - New Scientist

Could our three dimensions be the ultimate cosmic illusion? A German detector is picking up a hint that we are all mere projections

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body

Scientists developed a medical "mini-submarine" to blast diseased cells in the body. The blueprints for the submarine and a map of its proposed maiden voyage were developed earlier this year. Now the scientists will build and test-run the actual "machine" in human bodies.

Mars May Still Be A Living Planet, Methane In Atmosphere Reveals

Scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. If microscopic Martian life is producing the methane, it likely resides far below the surface where it is warm enough for liquid water to exist.

Richard Preston: Climbing the world's biggest trees

Science News roundup

Scientists extract images directly from brain

The machine creating water out of thin air - CNN.com

As Zimbabwe battles a cholera epidemic that has already killed hundreds, one company thinks it may have found a potential solution to the world water crisis.

It's official: Men really are the weaker sex - Science, News - The Independent

The male gender is in danger, with incalculable consequences for both humans and wildlife, startling scientific research from around the world reveals.

Key To 'Curing' Obesity May Lie In Worms That Destroy Their Own Fat

A previously unknown mutation discovered in a common roundworm holds the promise of new treatments for obesity in humans, researchers say.

Keeping Track: Software Locates People And Objects, Immediately Detects Unauthorized Persons

Aircrafts and fueling vehicles move around, cleaning brigades come and go. Security staff keep watch on everything to ensure nobody gets into danger. A software will soon help them with their task: It locates people and objects and immediately detects unauthorized persons.

Cancer cells illuminated in tracking breakthrough - Telegraph

Scientists have developed a substance that can illuminate live cancer cells and may offer a way of tracking the spread of the disease.