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Can We Cure Aging?
by Kathleen McGowan
Controlling inflammation could be the key to a healthy old age.
Forever Young
by Susan Kruglinski
Suzanne Somers says special hormones can keep women young. Should they listen?
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The Body Engineers
Hormone researchers seek new life for old brains and bones.
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Scientist of the Year Notable: Elizabeth Blackburn
by Linda Marsa
Her genetic explorations could lead to revolutionary treatments for cancer.
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Scientist of the Year: David Charbonneau
by Stephen Ornes
His research heats up the search for alien life—and finds some amazing planets along the way.
The 8 Ways To Blow Up a Satellite
by Stephen Cass
What works and what doesn’t—not that you should try this at home.
Schizophrenia: The Curse That's Almost a Blessing
by Orli Van Mourik
The disease may be the twisted flipside of an evolutionary boost.
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Scientist of the Year Notable: Hans Rosling
by Jennifer Barone
His mission: To enlist hard data in the global war on poverty and disease.
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The 6 Most Important Experiments in the World
From the smartest artificial brain to the first artificial life

DEPARTMENTS

Raw Data
How To Excuse Yourself from Your Body
by Josie Glausiusz
Once you see—and feel—a virtual self, your mind can move into a mannequin.
Reviews
Vamp It Up, Ornithopter-Style
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How To Sleep Like a Hunter-Gatherer
Not all people sleep in "giant sleep machines," like we do.
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Inside the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
It starts with water and ends with intelligent aliens—hopefully.
20 Things You Didn't Know About...
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Gold
by LeeAundra Temescu
Anti-inflammatory, protector of astronaut eyes, and excrement of the gods
Reviews
Good Astronomy at Bad Astronomy
by Jennifer Barone
A blog that takes no prisoners in its search for cosmic truth
Vital Signs
The Perfect Storm of Health Risk
by Tony Dajer
In some situations, rare illnesses become downright probable.
Whatever Happened To...
Whatever Happened To... Smallpox?
by Stephen Ornes
Humanity stomps nature but is still vulnerable to humanity.
Fuzzy Math
The Cheapest Way to Power Your Car
If you had the right ride, hydropower could lop 2/3 off your gas bills.
Jaron's World
Long Live Closed-Source Software!
by Jaron Lanier
There's a reason the iPhone doesn't come with Linux.
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Copernicus the Surprise Genius
by Marty Beckerman
The man who proved heliocentrism never thought his ideas would amount to much.

DATA

Why Aren’t All People Beautiful?
by Kathryn Garfield
Maybe the genes that make hot males make distinctly un-hot females.
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Beetle of Many Colors
by Katherine McAlpine
A golden beetle can turn itself brick red in under two minutes.
Counterintuitive Alert: Straight Hair Gets More Tangled
by Boonsri Dickinson
Curly fibers pass like ships in the night.
Death By Cosmic Pinball
by Sarah Bates
Astronomers triangulate the source of the dinosaur destroyer.
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Bacteria Invade Genomes, Not Just Bodies
by Sarah Bates
A bacterial genome sets up shop right in a fruit fly's DNA.
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A Spaceport for Treehuggers
by Prachi Patel-Predd
Can a green building offset the potentially giant impact of spaceflight?
Say Hello to the First Antimolecule
by Boonsri Dickinson
Hope you enjoyed it, 'cause it wasn't around long.
Green House vs. Greenhouse
by LeeAundra Temescu
To save the environment, imitate mobile homes and go pre-fab.
Hell Froze Over Earlier Than We Thought
by Clara Moskowitz
Ancient diamonds suggest a thick skin on the early Earth.
Micrograph Chic
by Jessica Ruvinsky
Pictures of endogenous drugs make surprisingly nice jewelry.
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Can Radio Waves Really Make Water Burn?
by Kathryn Garfield
Yes, but it won't cure cancer or solve our energy problems.
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Animals as Architects
The first structure visible from space was made by wombats.
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