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  1. Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City by Andrew Ross

    The prospects for sustainability look bleak for the city of Phoenix in this environmental analysis of the desert oasis. Oxford Univ., 2011, 304 p., $27.95

    By Science News

  2. Drive and Curiosity: What Fuels the Passion for Science by Istvan Hargittai

    The stories of 15 leading scientists are examined for clues to what makes some scientists exceptional and what fuels discovery. Prometheus Books, 2011, 338 p., $26

    By Science News

  3. BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes and Emma Shackleton

    Review by Nick Bascom.

    By Science News

  4. BOOK REVIEW: How To Think Like A Neandertal by Thomas Wynn and Frederick Coolidge

    Review by Bruce Bower.

    By Science News
  5. Life

    Sun-oil mix deadly for young herring

    Fish embryos proved surprisingly vulnerable to a 2007 spill in San Francisco Bay.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Chemistry

    In a Squeeze

    Elements under pressure reveal secrets of extreme chemistry.

    By Alexandra Witze
  7. Health & Medicine

    Brainy Ballplayers

    Elite athletes get their heads in the game.

    By Nick Bascom
  8. Tech

    Software Scientist

    With a little data, Eureqa generates fundamental laws of nature.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Chemistry

    Molecule ties itself in a complex knot

    Chemists synthesize a five-crossing structure centered on chloride.

    By Alexandra Witze
  10. Animals

    Deep-sea glow serves as bait

    Marine bacteria light up to get a ride elsewhere.

    By Alexandra Witze
  11. Life

    Staggered lessons may work better

    Training at irregular intervals improves learning in sea snails.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Space

    Saturn moons spied from the side

    Cassini captures Titan and Dione against the sixth planet’s rings.

    By Nadia Drake