Month: March 2012

Researchers have discovered that spider silk is surprisingly good at transferring heat. Spider silk, in…

The problem with environmentally friendly biofuels is the ever-increasing amount of farmland necessary to produce…

A new approach to disentangling the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in…

Sawfishes wouldn’t be sawfishes if they didn’t come equipped with long toothy snouts — their…

Researchers are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the brain —…

New, free Web-based software analyzes DNA sequences to determine if mutations are likely to cause…

Scientists have used a revolutionary new DNA-reading technology for a research project that could lead…

Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want…

Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations can increase carbon storage in the soil, according to results from…

A bioethicist is calling political satirist Jon Stewart “our greatest public intellectual. This is no…