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Smarter Than You Think: The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You
Sunday, September 5, 2010 4:33:15 PM CST
The next frontiers for mobile robots are the office, hospital and home.
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Our Towns: Bedbugs? Other Strange Invaders Threaten Much Wider Damage
Monday, September 6, 2010 1:20:02 AM CST
Cornell University agricultural experts and others worry that the emerald ash borer has the potential to kill ash trees throughout North America.
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No Risk, Says Leader of Spill Response
Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:59:44 PM CST
After a new blowout preventer was latched to the wellhead, BP prepared to conduct tests that should allow the company to finish plugging the well.
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His Corporate Strategy: The Scientific Method
Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:21:39 PM CST
J. Craig Venter wants to create creatures — bacteria, algae or even plants — to carry out industrial tasks and displace fossil fuels.
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H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: Money
Saturday, September 4, 2010 1:10:06 AM CST
Donors have not yet committed enough money for studies needed to confirm a promising South African trial of a microbicide and to get the product to women.
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Accepted Notion of Mars as Lifeless Is Challenged
Friday, September 3, 2010 11:50:03 PM CST
Some scientists suggest carbon-based molecules may have been destroyed before the Viking landers could find them.
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Nobel Winners Sign Letter Backing Obama Space Plan
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:50:05 PM CST
The letter expresses support for the president’s proposed strategy for NASA and criticizes cuts contained in a NASA authorization bill now before the House.
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Advances Offer Path to Further Shrink Computer Chips
Thursday, September 2, 2010 4:17:16 PM CST
Researchers say they can overcome a barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory.
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Questions on Deep-Sea Biology
Friday, September 3, 2010 9:38:36 AM CST
Jeffrey Marlow answers questions about deep-sea vents at Hydrate Ridge.
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Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research?
Friday, September 3, 2010 9:47:36 AM CST
A move of some of 186 chimpanzees to a research center in Texas has spurred outrage among animal rights advocates, primate experts and politicians.
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Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs
Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:00:31 AM CST
A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
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They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:31:14 PM CST
Ask experts why bedbugs disappeared for 40 years, why they came back, why they don’t spread disease, and you hear one answer: “Good question.”
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Scientist at Work: Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier: Think the Answer’s Clear? Look Again
Thursday, September 2, 2010 4:54:09 PM CST
Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier’s work has debunked preconceived notions and revealed some deep truths about the predictors of longevity, the organization of health care and the workings of the medical mind.
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NASA Tests Engine With an Uncertain Future
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:04:25 PM CST
NASA is revisiting the question of what rocket to build next and whether solid motors will be part of it.
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Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:50:02 PM CST
A team of prominent evolutionary biologists at Harvard is trying to demolish the theory that helping your relatives can spread your genes faster than having children of your own.
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Fossil Hunters in Romania Find a 2-Clawed Relative of Velociraptor
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:55 PM CST
The dinosaur lived more than 65 million years ago and had two sicklelike claws on each foot.
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Review Finds Flaws in U.N. Climate Panel Structure
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:50:12 PM CST
The scientists involved in crafting the panel’s climate reports need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent, an independent review said.
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Harvard Researcher May Have Fabricated Data
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:49:38 AM CST
Marc Hauser is on leave after being found “solely responsible” for eight counts of scientific misconduct.
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Jacob Bigeleisen, Isotope Chemist on Manhattan Project, Dies at 91
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8:45:53 PM CST
Dr. Bigeleisen’s approach was ultimately unsuccessful, but he went on to open a new field of chemistry that studied ways to speed up or slow down chemical reactions.
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Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:59:41 AM CST
Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community.
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Essay: Isolation, an Ancient and Lonely Practice, Endures
Thursday, September 2, 2010 4:50:18 PM CST
For those who are not just infected on the inside but also infested on the outside our state-of-the-art treatment includes a direct carryover from the Middle Ages.
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Doctors Heed Call for Books for Afghanistan
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:01:41 AM CST
The Taliban singled out the texts for destruction because anatomical depictions of the human body were considered blasphemous.
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Majority of Caesareans Are Done Before Labor
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:44:39 AM CST
A new study suggests several reasons for the nation’s rising Caesarean section rate.
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Global Update: Africa: Monkeypox Cases Surge in Rural Areas as Price of the Victory Over Smallpox
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:51:55 AM CST
Monkeypox is 20 times as common in parts of the Congo as it was 30 years ago, when smallpox vaccination was discontinued.
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Vital Statistics: Deadliest Catch, Found in Unlikely Waters
Monday, August 30, 2010 5:32:58 PM CST
Commercial fishing is, by almost any measure, the most dangerous profession in the United States.
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Vital Signs: Safety: Assessing the National Bill for Crashes
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:48:22 AM CST
Motor vehicle accidents cost the nation almost $100 billion dollars a year, about $500 for each licensed driver, according to government data.
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Vital Signs: Longevity: For New York Men, a Life Expectancy Gap
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:45:40 AM CST
Men die about six years younger, according to a new report from the New York City health department.
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Vital Signs: Childhood: Athletes’ Concussions Have Doubled
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:21 PM CST
The number doubled over a recent 10-year-period, a new study reports, even though participation in team sports decreased slightly.
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Words Cannot Express
Friday, September 3, 2010 11:00:07 PM CST
Guy Deutscher’s argument about the basis of language is informed by the way we perceive and name colors.
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Computers as Invisible as the Air
Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:48:45 AM CST
Computers may simply melt away like the Cheshire Cat, and become imbedded in all the objects that make up daily life.
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Taming the Wild Tuna
Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:48:09 AM CST
A domesticated version of the giant Atlantic bluefin means what, exactly, for the species?
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Green Column: U.S. Plays Catch-Up on High-Speed Rail
Monday, September 6, 2010 12:33:01 AM CST
The United States has virtually no fast trains like those of China, Japan and Europe, but that could change. President Obama has said that rail transport is a priority.
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Interviews on Water Use Are Thirsty Work
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:20:19 PM CST
Learning which water sources villagers use and how far they carry heavy jerrycans of water is itself thirsty work in the Rwandan heat.
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Voice From the Next Offshore Oil Frontier
Sunday, September 5, 2010 5:30:42 AM CST
The energy industry centered in Prudhoe Bay is the economic engine of the North Slope, helping preserve the Inupiat culture, but it also presents a potential threat to that culture. Mayor Edward Itta of the North Slope Borough e-mailed answers to our questions about these conflicts.
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Mariner Rig Accident Undercuts Efforts to End Drilling Moratorium
Friday, September 3, 2010 7:52:13 PM CST
As lawmakers call for new inquiries into Thursday's accident, oil industry executives say it will now be more difficult to lift the government's offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Scientists Criticize System of Certifying Fisheries
Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:16:10 PM CST
A group of fisheries scientists argue that the Marine Stewardship Council, an influential body that ranks fish sources as sustainable, grants its seal of approval too easily. As a result, some fish populations may be more endangered than consumers believe.
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Another Item for Climate Panel's To-Do List
Friday, September 3, 2010 8:35:15 AM CST
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would do well to cultivate contacts between its authors and reporters in poor countries.
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Observatory: Special Adhesive Helps Oysters Stick Together
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:00:38 PM CST
Understanding more about the unique, protein-based oyster adhesive could help scientists develop better synthetic glues for medical use.
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Observatory: From a Desert Plant, a Scented Cry for Help
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:50:02 PM CST
When plants are damaged, they emit a fragrance. But in the case of at least one type of wild tobacco plant found in the Great Basin desert of Southwest Utah, it’s an actual distress call.
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Observatory: Geography Has a Hand in Lizards’ Gestation
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:00:38 PM CST
Eastern fence lizards in northern climates tend to hatch faster than lizards in southern climates, the researchers found.
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Q & A: Of Time and Tide
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:30:35 PM CST
How are tables of tide times and heights made?
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Numberplay: How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take ...
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:02:04 AM CST
A set of puzzles involving light bulbs.
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A Rush to Operating Rooms That Alters Men's Lives
Monday, August 30, 2010 3:11:34 PM CST
Prostate cancer is a dark and mysterious country, and the authors Ralph H. Blum and Dr. Mark Scholz are good, levelheaded guides through these thickets.
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Mind: Lasting Pleasures, Robbed by Drug Abuse
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:40 PM CST
Drugs have a competitive advantage over natural rewards and can hijack the brain’s reward system.
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Personal Health: Weight Index Doesn’t Tell the Whole Truth
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:50:05 PM CST
Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.
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Really?: The Claim: Flying After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Cause Swelling
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:02:18 AM CST
Lymph nodes are often removed as treatment. The concern is that changes in cabin pressure might influence the movement of fluid in the lymphatic system.
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Letters: Comfort at Life’s End (1 Letter)
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:21 PM CST
A letter to the editor.
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Letters: Acupuncture and Science (1 Letter)
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:21 PM CST
A letter to the editor.
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Letters: Neuro-Pioneers (1 Letter)
Monday, August 30, 2010 10:39:20 PM CST
A letter to the editor.
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Letters: Sticks and Stones (2 Letters)
Monday, August 30, 2010 11:20:04 PM CST
Letters to the editor.