Science Update

Encyclopedia of Life

March 20, 2008

A new, comprehensive repository of scientific information for all life on earth comes to the web.

March 19, 2008

Researchers discover just how plant roots find their way around obstacles to get to nutrients and …

March 17, 2008

A new global seed vault will safeguard food crops from around the world.

March 14, 2008

Archaeologists dig deep, the mystery of Maya Blue, where your hair has been, and more.

March 13, 2008

Scientists use high-tech tools to analyze ancient art.

March 12, 2008

Scientists have determined how much force it takes to move a single atom.

March 7, 2008

Math & The Brain: The geometry of hallucinations, teaching computers regret, schizophrenia and …

March 6, 2008

Mental illness alters brainwaves during neural processing.

March 4, 2008

An unusual deep-sea vent may have churned out the first seeds of life.

February 29, 2008

What happened to our vitamin C, new insights into childhood leukemia, and why artificial sweeteners …