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30 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Ig Nobels Honor Bladder Control, Beer Bottle Mating

Annual awards recognize humorous side of science
30 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Teleporting Rats, Space Storms, and Top Secret Bacteria

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
30 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Finger Drawings From a Prehistoric Preschool

Cave art in France was made by small children
29 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: NASA Mission Finds Fewer Near-Earth Asteroids Than Expected

Estimates of the number of medium-sized rocks in near-Earth orbits may have been overblown
29 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Solar Fuels Take Two Steps Forward

New advances could pave the way toward harnessing vast sources of renewable energy
29 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Aerosols Altered Asian monsoons

Sulfate, soot, and other byproducts of human activity have dramatically changed rainfall patterns
29 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Freeloading Wolves

When it comes to hunting, not all members of a wolf pack do their fair share
28 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Dance Your Ph.D. 2011: View the Entries

Check out the latest videos from the 2011 Dance Your Ph.D. Contest
28 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Galaxy Clusters Validate Einstein's Theory

Light escaping from massive objects follows rules of general theory of relativity
28 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Beam Me Up, Ratty

'Teleportation' study shows that spatial memories are stored in 125-millisecond packages
28 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Have Neutrinos Broken the Speed Limit of Light?

Chat with experts about last week's controversial finding
27 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Coloring in Prehistoric Bugs

Fossilized beetles may look more red than they should
27 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Antibiotic Resistance May Hitchhike Along Roads

Bacteria immune to common antibiotics may have spread throughout rural Ecuador by new roadways
26 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

A Different Kind of Secret Code

Glowing bacteria encode messages that only the intended receiver can decipher
25 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: In a Scrape

Antarctic sea floor increasingly scoured by icebergs
25 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Tick Tock, Modeling Emissions From Trees Around the Clock

A circadian clock controls isoprene emissions by trees and could lead to better ozone modeling
23 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Squid Mating Habits, a Dinosaur Extinction Controversy, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
23 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Space Storms to Pose Greater Risk to Flyers and Astronauts

Worsening space weather might rule out a crewed Mars mission for decades
23 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Calculating the Language of Babel

Researchers teach "alien languages" to discover the origins of our own
23 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Dance Your Ph.D.: Past Winners and Finalists

It all started as a live event in Vienna in 2008. Scientists from across Europe gathered to watch each other explain their Ph.D. theses with interpretive dance. It was supposed...
22 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Physicists Devise Perfect Magnetic Shield

Hypothesized device would shield an object from a magnetic field without distorting the field
22 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light, According to One Experiment

Others doubt the mind-boggling claim, which would overturn Einstein's theory of special relativity
22 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Want Fatter Cows? Bring In a Zebra

In African savannas, the two hoofed animals may not be natural competitors
22 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

The Benefits of Being Promiscuous

To compensate for inbreeding, female beetles mate with many partners
21 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Place Your Bets on the Falling Satellite!

Oddsmakers calculate location of crash landing
21 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome—Science and Controversy

Experts answer your question about the science behind a debilitating disease
21 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Study Casts Doubts on a Key Aging Gene

Gene linked to calorie restriction may not extend life
21 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Same Mutation Causes Lou Gehrig's Disease and Dementia

Scientists have found the most common known culprit behind two devastating neurodegenerative disorders
20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Deep-Sea Squid Mate Indiscriminately

Failing to distinguish males from females, some cephalopods try to copulate with both
20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Whale Tête-à-Tête in the Northwest Passage

Melting sea ice allows four tagged bowhead whales to cross into northern Canadian straits
20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Was the 'Dinosaur Killer' Unfairly Charged?

Researchers still blame an asteroid for wiping out the dinosaurs, but what sent the killer to Earth is being questioned
20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Waste Water + Bacteria = Clean Energy

Researchers find green way to produce hydrogen fuel
19 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Return of a Killer Volcano

Air pollution from extended Icelandic eruption could kill thousands in Europe
19 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Gene Therapy May Thwart HIV

Promising but preliminary clinical trial could bring field closer to a potential cure
16 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Earth's Ultimate Destruction—And Possible Reincarnation

Astronomers ponder the fate of our world
16 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Fluorescent Cats, Wimpy Dads, and the Potential Downsides of Folic Acid

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
15 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Video: Two Suns Set on Alien World

Kepler spies first planet orbiting dual stars
15 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Surprising Cells Rein In Killer Flu

Researchers identify cell responsible for flu's self-inflicted damage
15 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

'Dinofuzz' Found in Canadian Amber

80-million-year-old structures may represent earliest stages of feather evolution
14 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Shield Made of Eggs

Thin, outer eggs may protect those below from attack by parasitic wasps
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