Vitamin Roundup
A new form of vitamin E that's a more potent antioxidant, and girls in Maine who are vitamin D deficient
Lightning on the Water
Is hydrogen liberated when lightning strikes a body of water? (Probably not.)f
Dog Domestication
Dogs understand human pointing gestures better than wolves and chimps.
Math of Marriage
A model that can predict whether a couple will stay together or split up.
Voting Roundup
Internet voting is not secure, and politician spin is eroding public trust.
Tracking Turtles
Managing the huge amounts of data generated by tracking turtles with satellites
Smart Garlic Bomb
Targeting and killing cancer tumors with allicin, a compound in garlic
Brain Breakdown
The breakdown of the brain's myelin in middle age is what triggers Alzheimer's disease later.
Vitamin E
The body absorbs more vitamin E from fortified breakfast cereal than from supplements.
Food vs. Heat
Poor families spend less money on food when it's cold, obesity specialits are prejudiced against obese patients, and walking on a cobblestone mat …
Virtual Burn Therapy
Virtual reality can distract burn patients from their painful wound care.
Engineering from Nature
Iron makes mussel glue strong, patenting a cancer-fighting chemical in broccoli, and eight ways viruses attack bacteria.
Intoxicated Worms
Identification of the gene that causes the sluggishness of alcohol intoxication
Semiconducting Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes are the best semiconductors.
Germy Surfaces
How long do cold and flu viruses survive on surfaces? (Up to 6 hours)
Hunting and Fishing
Hunters kill the strongest bighorn sheep, thus weakening the population, and modern fish harvesting methods are destroying the environment.
Nuclear Test Forensics
Underground nuclear testing leaves imprints in the earth that can be read years later.