Field Notes: Can We Beat Bacteria by Hacking Their Conversations?
12.21.2010 Bacterial armies emit molecular war cries to stir others of their kind to action. Learning how these microbes gird for battle could help us find better ways to fight back.
by Dava Sobel
Field Notes: The Revolution of the Moons
When Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter, he gave evidence for what Copernicus had merely intuited: Not all heavenly bodies circle Earth. 04.26.2010
Field Notes: Meddling With Mosquito Romance in the Name of Public Healt
The duets sung by male and female mosquitoes are a critical part of their mating ritual. If researchers can master mosquito music, they may be able to abort a whole generation of disease-carriers. 01.20.2010
Field Notes: Stalking Fish in the Name of Science
An exhaustive new marine census is tracking everything that swims in the sea, one fish at a time. 10.17.2009
Staring at the Sun, Just as Galileo Did
Astronomers at the Mount Wilson Observatory sketch sunspots every day, continuing a tradition started by Galileo. 05.27.2009
The Kilogram Isn't What It Used to Be—It's Lighter
Within a high-security, climate-controlled vault in France, the perfect kilogram is getting ever so slightly less massive—and no one knows why. 03.08.2009
Super Trees Clean up Superfund Sites
One remarkable forest is busy purifying the planet. 12.26.2008
Searching Heaven and Earth for the Real Johannes Kepler
Galileo may be science's most famous martyr, but it was Kepler who solved the mystery of the planets. 10.05.2008
