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- Earth
Creativity offers insights into the past and future
With the long-term future of many fisheries in doubt and severe drought once again hitting the Southwest, coming up with new insights into the past and future on land and sea may be crucial to protecting some of our most precious resources.
By Eva Emerson - Neuroscience
Year in Review: Obama unveils brain initiative
In April, the president announced an ambitious plan to reveal the human brain’s secrets.
- Psychology
Year in Review: DSM-5’s controversial debut
The diagnostic manual updates disorder criteria.
By Bruce Bower - Physics
Year in Review: Below absolute zero, but hot
Lab trickery pushes atoms to a negative temperature.
By Andrew Grant - Astronomy
Year in Review: Death of a planet hunter
The Kepler space telescope finishes a brilliant career.
By Andrew Grant - Astronomy
Year in Review: Voyager 1 reaches interstellar space
The planetary probe is the first human-made object to break out of the heliosphere.
By Andrew Grant - Health & Medicine
Year in Review: Putting kids at risk
U.S. parents increasingly are delaying their children’s vaccination.
By Nathan Seppa - Neuroscience
Bad memories fade with a short jolt
Research illustrates the vulnerability of the brain’s information storage.
- Humans
Nuts in pregnancy may decrease allergy risk in kids
The result runs counter to past studies.
By Nathan Seppa - Climate
Year in Review: Carbon dioxide levels pass milestone
Although scientists are confident about humankind’s role in climate change, they still have a lot to learn about the magnitude and timing of future climate shifts.
By Erin Wayman - Environment
Protein fibers trap greenhouse gas
The method could scrub exhaust from cars and power plants.