Science Update

Escaping Eggs

July 10, 2006

In nature, eggs are sitting ducks. But some types of eggs may not be as helpless as they seem.

July 7, 2006

How to end offensive sports chants, a coal-based jet fuel, how a love hormone softens marital spats, …

July 6, 2006

Scientists are developing new ways to keep sports fans from getting out of hand.

July 5, 2006

Researchers have found an ancestor of modern birds that walked with dinosaurs.

July 4, 2006

Good old-fashioned coal could revolutionize jet fuel.

June 30, 2006

An ancient astronomical record, chewing gum that fights cancer, a new way to weigh the elderly, the …

June 29, 2006

A new type of gum could help prevent some cancers.

June 28, 2006

New research shows that people should perhaps get plumper with age.

June 27, 2006

An ancient rock carving in New Mexico could be an astronomical record.

June 26, 2006

Killer whales sing for their meals.

June 23, 2006

Deciphering horses' whinnies, how apes plan ahead, the science of Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, …