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5 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

Discoverer of 'Impossible' Crystals Gets Chemistry Nobel—And Last Laugh

Daniel Shechtman forced chemists to redefine the concept of a crystal
30 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Ig Nobels Honor Bladder Control, Beer Bottle Mating

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

Announcing the 2011 'Dance Your Ph.D.' Contest

Science is now taking submissions for the best dance interpretations of doctoral work
24 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The State of Minorities and Women in Science

Talk with experts about the challenges and opportunities of being an underrepresented researcher

Scientists Play World's Oldest Commercial Record

1888 recording of woman's voice etched into warped metal

Nobelist Steven Weinberg Calls for Bigger Science, More Taxes

Physicist wants a new linear accelerator, fewer gadgets

Women in Science: Their Personal Journeys

At a New York event, five prominent female scientists describe their triumphs and travails

New Data Spark Retraction Request for Chronic Fatigue Virus Study

Two new papers strongly question the link between XMRV and chronic fatigue

April Fools' Roundup

Our picks for the best fake science stories circling the Web today
25 March 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Dino Vacuum Cleaners, Prehistoric Garbage Mounds, and Fast-Charging Batteries

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

Pioneer of High-Dimensional Spaces Wins Abel Prize

John Milnor honored with "Nobel of mathematics"
15 March 2011 | ScienceNOW

Crisis in Japan: Submit Your Questions

Science's news staff fields queries about earthquake and its aftermath
23 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Video: Organ Development in 3D

Movie lets viewers peer inside a developing mouse embryo
19 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Can Science and Religion Get Along?

Panelists try to bridge the gap on issues such as climate change and advances in neuroscience
4 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

IVF Pioneer Wins Medicine Nobel

British physiologist Robert Edwards honored for research that helped millions of couples conceive
21 September 2010 | ScienceNOW

Lasker Awards Honor Work on Key Signaling Molecules

Winning research advanced knowledge of appetite and blood vessel formation

Synthetic Biology Breakthrough: Your Questions Answered

Experts respond to reader queries about the creation of artificial life

Synthetic Biology Breakthrough: Submit Your Questions

Science is fielding reader queries about the creation of artificial life

Twitter as Good as a Telephone Survey?

Researchers find surprising correlation between traditional polls and tweeted sentiments
29 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

Report: Governments Have Failed to Protect Biodiversity

Species loss, deforestation continue despite 2002 pledge
16 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceNOWs Honored With News Award

Two stories recognized for short-form writing

Science, Nature Team Up on New Journal

Merger will revolutionize scientific publishing—or not—say experts
11 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Fostering a Civil Conversation About Animals in Research

Q&A with Dario Ringach
21 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Billy Joel, Underwater Mountains, and More

A roundup of the coverage so far from our guest bloggers
20 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Francis Collins's Biggest Fear

NIH director discusses the future of NIH in uncertain economic times
19 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: How Did Climate Science Get So Politicized?

Science reporter Eli Kintisch chats with a prominent climate researcher
19 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

A Sexy New Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury?

Female hormone may help prevent brain damage after serious accidents
19 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Scientists Grapple With 'Completely Out of Hand' Attacks on Climate Science

Researchers call for change in hastily organized session
19 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Scientifically Accurate Superheroes? Don't Count on It

When it comes to Heroes and Watchmen, story trumps science, say writers.
19 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

More on "Climategate"; New Details on Murdered Iranian Physicist

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
12 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

A Q and A With Harold Varmus

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
1 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

Breaking News on "Climate-Gate," and H1N1 Vaccine for Sale

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
25 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

An Update on the Leaked Climate E-mails and a "Dating Service" for Scientists and Teachers

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
6 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

Experts Criticize Nanoparticle Study

Paper that hints at dangers of nanoscopic particles has no relevance to human disease, they say
5 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

The $4400 Genome

California company announces cheapest sequencing to date
3 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

Famed Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies

Revolutionary view of human culture influenced generations of researchers
20 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Details on Accused Scientist Spy, Largest AIDS Vaccine Study Offers Hope

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
13 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

Swine Flu Complacency and a Win for Biotech

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
7 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

2009 Chemistry Nobel Honors Work on Ribosomes

Trio of researchers helped decipher critical piece of cellular machinery
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