All Stories
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50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True by Guy P. Harrison
A journalist turns a skeptical eye on beliefs ranging from astrology to Atlantis, showing that scientific discovery can be just as fascinating as myth. Prometheus, 2011, 458 p., $18
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BOOK REVIEW: Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Review by Laura Sanders.
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BOOK REVIEW: My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
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The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.
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Head Agony
Jumpy cells may underlie migraine’s sensory storm.
- Climate
Soil’s Hidden Secrets
Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.
- Psychology
Big score for the hot hand
Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.
- Earth
Small efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect
Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.
- Humans
Bush meat can be a viral feast
Monkeys and apes are considered edible game in many parts of Africa. As Africans have emigrated to other parts of the world, some have retained their love of this so-called bushmeat. A new study now finds that even when smoked, meat from nonhuman primates — from chimps to monkeys — can host potentially dangerous viruses. Smuggled imports confiscated at U.S. airports provided the samples tested in this investigation.
- Tech
Twitter kept up with Haiti cholera outbreak
Epidemiologists find that social media can be used to track disease outbreaks as they happen, even in countries with little infrastructure.
- Health & Medicine
Study tracks booze’s buzz in the brain
In both heavy and light drinkers, alcohol causes the release of morphinelike chemicals.
