We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers, a country that lives up to its legacy is the global leader and technology and discovery and innerbation, with all the good jobs and new busines...
Getting out grandmas good [flat work] for the holidays? Then youre probably dreading the time it takes to polish up that silver. Now imagine youre in charge of the silver collection at the metropolitan museum of art. Fortunately, for art conservators...
In a recent podcast, we heard the beluga whale NOC change his voice's rhythm and pitch to imitate human speech. Pretty impressive, but you ain't heard nothing yet. M K, an Asian elephant that appears to form actual words. Thats annyong,Korean for hel...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Got a minute? Nasty bacteria cling to the surfaces of countertops. They also stick to medical devices - like catheters - that are placed inside the human body, where they can bec...
Tuberculosis killed 1.4 million people last year. One reason TB is so deadly is that TB bacteria mutate quickly. But some scientists are hoping to get a step ahead of TBs changes in the future by studying its past evolution. Remnants of TB genes can...
When Pablo Penda Sandoval made history with 3 home rounds in game one of the world series his head was probably buzzing but when batters and chilli detroy hit the ball not quite right the next couple of nights it will be their hands that are buzzing...
When Pablo Panda Sandoval made history with 3 home runs in game one of the world series his head was probably buzzing. But when batters in chilly Detroit had the ball not quite right in the next couple of the nets, it will be their hands that buzzing...
Want to exercise, but don't have enough time? Forget slogging half an hour on the treadmill. You can burn the same number of calories with a few quick sprints on an exercise bike. So says a study presented at a meeting of the American Physiological S...
Want to exercise, but don't have enough time? Forget slogging half an hour on the treadmill. You can burn the same number of calories with a few quick sprints on an exercise bike. So says a study presented at a meeting of the American Physiological S...
name a famous female scientist. If you said Marie Curie, youre not alone. In fact, a lot of people cant think of a single other example. Well, England's Royal Society is fixin to rectify that. On Friday, October 19th, its sponsoring a Wiki-editing ma...