Friendly Eyes
How the hormone of Oxytocin bonds us to man's best friend.
Dispatches
Faking It
The difference between the authentic and the fabricated is not always so clear.
What Is “Natural”?
We no longer need the term “natural,” but we do need products that are safe, well-researched, and sustainable.
The Language Of Lincoln
The power of President Lincoln's most famous speech resides in its simplicity.
Seize The Decay
A new sensor with the ability to measure the metabolic degradation of food will change the way you look at your refrigerator shelves.
Alone Again, Or
Scientists have been studying the calls of a whale dubbed “the loneliest whale in the world” for more than 20 years. Its calls are unusually high pitched—52 hertz, versus the typical 15-20 hertz range of blue whales. No one has ever seen the 52-hertz whale, but scientists believe he…
Mind The Gap
Translation, or the attempt to make another language part of our own, is as complicated as what can never be translated.
Science Shaming
Combatting public myths surrounding science is good, but not to the point that scientists and non-scientists are speaking past each other.
The Power Of Energy
Knowing the difference between energy's ability to work, and the rate at which it's created and consumed, is crucial to balancing consumers' power needs.
Science’s Three-Way Split
A recent AAAS survey showed a troubling split between not just scientists and the public, but also scientists themselves.