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  1. Physics

    New waves for safe flying

    Scientists are perfecting a new generation of airport scanning machines.

    By Emily Sohn
  2. Animals

    Animals without oxygen, underwater

    Three species found possibly living where they should not.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Planets

    Wrong-way planets do gymnastics

    A group of planets that orbit the wrong way may have flipped over their stars.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Physics

    The newest superheavy in town

    Superheavy element forged in lab is a first.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Fruit flies taste water

    A protein helps tell the brain, 'Got water.'

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Planets

    Mercury’s magnetic twisters

    The planet's strange atmosphere may have a lot to do with the sun.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Environment

    Indoor ozone stopper

    Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Animals

    Elephant all-wheel drive

    An elephant strides more like humans than like other quadrupeds.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Planets

    Cool as a Jupiter

    New-found, far-out planet could be similar to local gas giants.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Microbes

    The tell-tale bacteria

    What germs populate the hands may be as unique as fingerprints.

    By Stephen Ornes

  11. Scientist Profile: Wally Gilbert

    Wally Gilbert is interested in just about everything. He began by studying physics and then switched to biology, eventually winning an Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 1979 and then a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980.

    By Roberta Kwok
  12. Chemistry

    The memory of a material

    A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

    By Stephen Ornes