Before the Pluto fiasco, two asteroids were stripped of planet status.
by Fred Guterl
Funky properties of frozen water may have made life possible.
The famous 6 degrees of separation theory fades under scrutiny.
by Jocelyn Rice
An excerpt from The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
by Bruce Barcott
Want a lighter bike? Poke holes in it—the more the better.
by Jennifer Barone
Some were fanatical prudes, while one was dubbed “the Pied Piper of carnality.”
by Dean Christopher
Corporate interests push profitable paranoia.
by Bruno Maddox
Learn to love your body for what it really is: a jury-rigged fish.
by Jennifer Barone
Embryonic stem cells crashed against Leon Kass’ old-school moralism.
by Francis Wilkinson, Photography by Charles Ommanney
At his peak, Walter Freeman hacked at dozens of brains each day.
by Jocelyn Rice
A "deep" itch can signal that something's really wrong.
by Robert Norman
If rubber recycling hits a glut, there may be little choice.
by Guy Gugliotta
New study finds that being happy won't help you live longer.
by Jennifer Barone
A proposal to create special constellations that nature would never produce
by Jaron Lanier
New, credible research suggests it could very well work.
by Stephen Ornes
An intrepid food expert plays astronaut to find out.
by Bill Daley
Even the biggest geeks can't know everything.
by Dean Christopher and Jocelyn Rice with additional reporting by William Shunn
A physics joke that bombed. Atomically.
by Jessica Ruvinsky
