Something’s Brewing in the Lab: Beer Without Hops by DOUGLAS ...
Growing the small, green flowers is resource-intensive, and farmers can’t keep up. So scientists engineered yeast to produce […]
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How Researchers Learned to Use Facebook ‘Likes’ to Sway Your ...
Your interest in Kim Kardashian West can tell researchers how extroverted (very), how conscientious (more than most) and […]
Sudan, the Last Male Northern White Rhino, Dies in Kenya ...
Just two members of the charismatic subspecies remain, both female. But scientists still hope to prevent the extinction […]
Robert P. Langlands Is Awarded the Abel Prize, a Top ...
The honor, regarded by some as a Nobel Prize of mathematics, recognizes work on a “grand unified theory” […]
Connecting Hardware to an iPad by J. D. BIERSDORFER
Apple’s tablet has a headphone jack and a Lightning port to plug in external devices, but you can […]
The Amazing Metabolism of Hummingbirds by JAMES GORMAN
Hummingbirds have several tricks to survive with a super-high metabolism on a diet of nectar. Published: March 20, […]
David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone by CARL ...
The geneticist at Harvard Medical School has retrieved DNA from more than 900 ancient people. His findings trace […]
Hundreds of Start-Ups Tell Investors: Diversify, or Keep Your Money ...
Leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are forming a Founders for Change coalition to deliver a message to the white- […]
The Swiss Consider the Lobster. It Feels Pain, They Decide. ...
The Swiss government has banned tossing lobsters and other crustaceans into boiling water. But what’s the science behind […]
How Facebook’s Data Sharing Went From Feature to Bug by ...
Sure, third-party Facebook apps collected data about users’ lives. But they seemed convenient and harmless, and, really, what […]