Science Update

Placebo Effect

August 15, 2007

Scientists look to the brain to find out why some people respond better to the placebo effect than …

August 14, 2007

After eighteen years of work, scientists have designed an unbeatable checkers computer.

August 13, 2007

New evidence sheds light on the dinosaurs' rise to power.

August 10, 2007

Sparrows that prefer up-to-date songs, glaciers and global warming, upwardly mobile robots, bacteria …

August 9, 2007

Scientists are teaching a robot how to climb hills.

August 8, 2007

We hear a lot about the melting polar ice sheets. But smaller ice caps may actually pose an even …

August 6, 2007

Song dialects make a big difference when white-crowned sparrows choose mates and defend territories.

August 3, 2007

Do women really talk more than men? Insects that explode to foil predators. Energy from …

August 1, 2007

Exploding aphids that foil predators.

July 31, 2007

New devices generate power from environmental vibrations.

July 30, 2007

Contrary to popular belief, men are just as talkative as women, according to new research.

July 27, 2007

How fetuses breathe inside the womb, rats that help out other rats, ancient chile peppers found in …