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The Volcanic Origin of LifeGas from volcanoes may have helped create life's building blocks.
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The Many Flavors of FogFAA study finds a menu of varieties for flight controllers to worry about.
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Waste Not: Energy from Garbage and SewageNew technologies tap garbage and human waste for an energy-hungry world.
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Only Using Part of Your Brain? Think AgainSurprising results when ferrets watch The Matrix.
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Fool's Gold Preserves Skin and Hair FossilsNature uses the shimmering stuff to prevent flesh from rotting.
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Huge Blimps Could Protect U.S. Coast from 15 Miles UpA throwback technology that predates the American Civil War could be updated for the new fight against terrorists.
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Nature's Wrath: Global Deaths and Costs SwellOfficials report an extraordinarily catastrophic year for humans at the hands of Nature.
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Sex Done, Female Fish Stop Paying AttentionThis female fish hears better when she's ready to reproduce.
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Cola Wars Fought in the BrainYou only think you know whether Coke or Pepsi is best.
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Bragging Rights: The Smallest Fish EverMost people don’t brag about the smallest fish they ever caught, but when it’s the shortest, lightest animal in the world with a backbone, well, that's a catch for scientists.
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Urban Heat Makes Cities … Greener?Who would have thought plants might prefer the city life.
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Smart Bridges: Wired for Safety and Cost SavingsThe average IQ of the nation’s bridges may finally start to show some improvement.
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Math Idol: Voters Pick Greatest EquationsA modest Academy Awards for math picks Maxwell, Newton, Einstein and 1+1.
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Can Robots Be Polite?Robotic etiquette was on display at the American Association for Artificial Intelligence meeting.
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Firefly Juice Lights Up Mouse BelliesResearchers have inserted the insect’s light-shining compound into proteins, allowing them to non-invasively track biological mechanisms in living tissue.
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Get a Buddy: Closeness May Breed WellnessThe key to a quick recovery may be a spoonful of tender loving care -- at least for those who are socially inclined.
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Feel the Pain? Don't Blame Lactic AcidRunners and other athletes have long been told their muscles ache because they're full of lactic acid. But new research questions this locker-room wisdom.
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Surviving Extinction: Where Woolly Mammoths EnduredLike an Ice Age version of Land of the Lost, a group of woolly mammoths survived mass extinctions on their own island hideaway.
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Virtual Athletes to Challenge the ProsLike Garry Kasparov, Roger Federer may one day have to compete against a massive supercomputer.
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Fish Eyes Adjust Shutter Speed to Track PreySwordfish can change their eye temperature to see better in different conditions.
