The Science Life

  1. Chemistry

    Movie viewers’ exhaled chemicals tell if scene is funny, scary

    Changes in trace gases exhaled by movie audiences could point the way to a subtle form of human communication.

    By Cassie Martin
  2. Science & Society

    Biologist Kate Rubins’ big dream takes her to the space station

    Molecular biologist Kate Rubins led a 14-person virology lab before becoming an astronaut. She heads to the International Space Station on June 24.

    By Siri Carpenter
  3. Life

    Studying cheese reveals how microbes interact

    Microbiologist Rachel Dutton uses cheese rinds to study how microbes form communities.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Genetics

    Prion disease gets personal

    Diagnosis of a brain-wasting disease drove a married couple into science.