Materials Adding water to solids can actually make them stronger, providing engineers with exciting new material composites December 19, 2014
Mind & Brain When following goals, people pay attention to progress more than they do to setbacks December 19, 2014
Health Quadriplegic instructs robot hand to flex, move, rotate or grip objects with her thoughts December 18, 2014
Health Holiday season weight gain myth busted – it’s a lot less than most people think December 18, 2014
Geology Rock with 30,000 diamonds found Russian diamond mine December 18, 2014 - Updated on April 24, 2019
News The key to high-temperature superconductivity might lie in manipulating electron spin December 18, 2014 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Environment Obama bans drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, citing risk to salmon fishery December 18, 2014 - Updated on September 7, 2018
News NASA wants to explore Venus in a manned airship, then set up permanent cloud cities December 18, 2014
Health Half of all recommendations on Medical Shows on Dr. Oz and the Doctors are non-scientific December 18, 2014
News Holographic microscopes might be the cost-effective alternative of the future December 17, 2014 - Updated on December 18, 2014
Environment Fracking banned in New York state over possible threats to public health December 17, 2014
Diseases “Copper kills everything”: A Copper Bedrail Could Cut Back On Infections For Hospital Patients December 17, 2014
Animals Damming beavers also play a small role in global warming December 17, 2014 - Updated on December 19, 2014
Archaeology A million mummies, a million stories: Archaeologists find huge cemetery in Egypt December 17, 2014 - Updated on December 18, 2014
News Solar winds penetrate Martian atmosphere, MAVEN finds – atmospheric loss mechanism unfolds December 16, 2014 - Updated on December 17, 2014
Discoveries Microbial life found 2.4 km beneath the ocean floor – it’s the deepest marine drill ever December 16, 2014 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Science Millions of journal entries from 18th and 19th century ship logs reveal December 16, 2014 - Updated on April 29, 2023
Mind & Brain Storing info in computers frees up memory in the brain, helping us learn new things better December 16, 2014 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Mind & Brain Magazines in Waiting Rooms are Old Because People Steal New Ones, Science Shows December 16, 2014
Health A two-minute delay in cutting the umbilical cord provides health benefits to babies December 16, 2014
Geology Best Presents for a Geologist – The Christmas Edition December 15, 2014 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Environment Sad, but Expected: The Climate Talks in Lima have Failed December 15, 2014 - Updated on May 28, 2015
News Stacked “high-rise” computer chips add a new dimension to manufacturing December 15, 2014 - Updated on December 16, 2014
News Making walls talk – new technique extracts audio from video December 15, 2014 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Mind & Brain Humane interrogation is four times more effective than torture, study shows December 15, 2014
