All Stories
- Earth
TV Take-Backs
Here's one solution for all of the conventional TVs that will be cast off during the imminent digital-TV transition.
-
Special Music Issue : PDF Download page
All files are saved as PDFs. Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Music Special : Complete PackagePDF (1.8 MB) Birth of the beat (Bruce Bower) / Seeking a definition (Elizabeth Quill)/ Not just a pleasant sound (Elizabeth Quill) PDF (797 KB) More than a feeling (Susan Gaidos)/ Moody Tunes (Science News Staff)/ […]
- Climate
A Fairy Tale: Cheap Gas
Lawmakers are looking for an answer on how to lower the price of gasoline: That's the wrong question.
-
-
-
From Science News Letter, August 16, 1958
From the "Notebook" page of the Aug. 30, 2008, Science News.
-
Letters
Letters appearing in the Aug. 30, 2008 issue of Science News.
- Animals
Built for Speed
Animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics — if only they would stay in their lanes.
- Health & Medicine
Neuron Killers
Misfolded, clumping proteins evade conviction, but they remain prime suspects in neurodegenerative diseases.
- Math
Welcome to the Quantum Internet
Quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy.
- Math
A Quasi-quasicrystal
Quasicrystals are bizarre, rare, mysterious materials blending mathematical order and irregularity. A new, unexpected material halfway between a regular crystal and a quasicrystal may help reveal their secrets.
- Space
Officially ice
Phoenix Mars Lander detects water, a landmark that, along with other successes, prompts NASA to extend the mission.
