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More Trial, Less Error: An Effort to Improve Scientific Studies
So many scientific studies are making incorrect claims that a new service has sprung up to fact-check reported findings...
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Genetic Analysis Solves Human-Neanderthal Interbreeding Puzzle
Human history more than matches the best soap operas and Hollywood thrillers. The latest blockbuster is a tale of...
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Shark-Tooth Weapons Reveal Lost Biodiversity
For centuries, the people of the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific Ocean have crafted weapons from shark teeth....
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Mapping the Future of Climate Change in Africa
Our planet’s changing climate is devastating communities in Africa through droughts, floods and myriad other disasters. Using detailed regional...
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Mars’ Plate Tectonics May Make Life More Likely
As it turns out, Mars and Earth may be more similar than previously thought in one momentous way: Mars...
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Scientific Disciplines Must Link Up to Serve Development
A greater commitment to multidisciplinary research, and to local problem solving, is essential to achieving future development goals. UN...
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A Week on Mars: Curiosity Rover Settles in for Long Martian Haul
After a full week on the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is celebrating with a little rest and...
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The Velveteen Robot
Researchers at MIT, Harvard, and Seoul National University have created a robotic worm. “So what?” you ask. They’re also...
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Parasites May Get Nastier With Climate Swings
Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer...
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Flag Fen Hosts ‘Crowdsourced’ Bronze Age Archaeology Dig
A first-of-its-kind “crowdsourced and crowdfunded” archaeological dig at Cambridgeshire’s Flag Fen has finished. It is the site of a...