A Dose of Human Kindness, Now in Chemical Form
04.04.2008 Can the hormone oxytocin drive us to be more generous?
by Jennifer Barone
Biofuel Farming Looks to Be an Environmental Disaster
Growing corn for ethanol may increase greenhouse gases for over a century. 04.03.2008
Hope May Be Useless Against Cancer
New study finds that being happy won't help you live longer. 02.11.2008
How To Excuse Yourself from Your Body
Once you see—and feel—a virtual self, your mind can move into a mannequin. 12.10.2007
Big Boned: How Your Skeleton Can Make You Fat
Bones help fix themselves by controlling the body's metabolism. 11.23.2007
Climate Change Triggers Bloodshed
Giving a new definition to "cold war" 09.25.2007
The Goldilocks Method for Curing Autism
Combining two bad mutant genes produces neurons that're just right. 08.23.2007
Raw Data: Inside The Oldest Known Star
Astronomers find a star almost as old as the big bang. 07.30.2007
Is Dirt the New Prozac?
Injections of soil bacteria produce serotonin—and happiness—in mice. 06.14.2007
Message in a Bacterium
Researchers use DNA as a post-human time capsule. 06.04.2007
Raw Data: The Ancient Chimp Stone Age
Chimps created tools like humans' over 4,000 years ago. 05.23.2007
Raw Data: Scents and Scents-Ability
Our clumsy noses won't win any sniffing contests, but we can use them to find chocolate. 03.15.2007
Raw Data: A Moon Full of Smust
Smog-and-ethane powder rains on Saturn's giant moon Titan—and covers it in a mile-thick layer. 02.02.2007
Raw Data: Is Cancer the Price of Longevity?
The same protein that prevents cancer may also encourage aging. 12.06.2006
Raw Data: Do Beautiful Parents Have More Daughters?
Natural selection may be driving the beautiful people to have girls. 11.14.2006
Raw Data: Do Magic Mushrooms Make You Mystical?
Apparently, yes. Most volunteers say psilocybin experiences are spiritually significant. 10.13.2006
Raw Data: Do Brothers Make You Gay?
Boys with older brothers are more likely to be gay. But is it nurture or nature? 09.01.2006
Raw Data: The Rigorous Study of the Ancient Mariners
Measuring changes in the Earth's magnetic field. 08.14.2006
Raw Data: When Testosterone Turns Toxic
Can more sex make up for less life? 07.01.2006
Raw Data: Restoring Eyesight to the Blind
06.25.2006
Raw Data: Why Stars Blow Up
A star one second, an exploding supernova the next 05.28.2006
Raw Data
Placebo vs Placebo 04.27.2006