Science Update

Expansion Microscopy

January 20, 2015

Technology used to absorb water in diapers is also being used to blow up tiny tissues to make them …

January 19, 2015

The world’s champion high-altitude migratory bird uses a unique “roller-coaster” flight strategy to …

January 16, 2015

Dolphins’ seemingly adorable antics may not actually be all fun and games to them.

January 15, 2015

Scientists find that the most well-known genetic marker for human obesity had no effect before the …

January 14, 2015

Melting sea ice is has resulted in a recent northward shift in polar bear genes.

January 13, 2015

A flexible neural implant could restore function to damaged spinal cords.

January 12, 2015

Planetary geologists provide the public with a chance to name five craters on Mercury.

January 8, 2015

Comparing the evolutionary histories of Antarctica’s penguin species may predict how they’ll respond …

January 7, 2015

Scientists hope to design viruses that fight cancer.

January 6, 2015

Are modern humans’ light bones the result of couch-potato culture?