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The Earth's fastest telescope aims to make the best sky map ever created. 05.13.2008

A new software-base approach may be the key to saving thousands of species. 05.12.2008

Carl Zimmer looks inside the dangers—and wonders—of one remarkable bacterium. 05.09.2008

Holographic digital storage will let consumers store a DVD library on a single disk. 05.08.2008

A group of experts endorse bugs as a nutritious and sustainable food source. 05.07.2008

New self-sustaining dog houses are perfect for the eco-conscious pooch owner. 05.06.2008

Mirror neurons help explain how we connect to each others' emotions. 05.05.2008

Proteins in the eye offer a new means of identifying corpses. 05.02.2008

Stupid Science Word of the Month: Unparticle

04.16.2008 \un-pär-ti-cl\ n. (2007) A particle whose mass is unrelated to its energy.

by Jocelyn Rice

A physics joke that bombed. Atomically. 01.29.2008

Shmoos are essential: without them, we would have neither bread nor beer. 11.09.2007

Montypythonoides riversleighensis, n., an extinct Australian snake 09.04.2007