Science Selections

They ruled the icy outpost for hundreds of years before their colonies collapsed. Their puzzling decline. By Zach Zorich.

California's Next-Gen Infrastructure. UC Berkeley engineers share their thoughts on the State's future. By Paul Preuss.

His prophecies earned him a reputation as a tech visionary, but many of them don't look so good on close inspection. By John Rennie

Film studios invested in magnetic-tape storage for film archiving but now struggle to keep up with the technology. By Marty Perlmutter.

Artificial intelligence has staged a revival by starting to incorporate what we know about how children learn. By Alison Gopnik.

Behind closed doors: What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today. By Samuel Redman.

Do gut bacteria contribute to or cause the shaking, stumbling, and overall deterioration of motor skills... of Parkinson's disease?

In addition to relieving headaches and preventing heart attacks, aspirin seems to keep malignant cells from spreading. By Viviane Callier.

Facebook Announces Typing-by-Brain Project. Suddenly, the big Silicon Valley players want to get into brain tech. By Eliza Strickland.

What Happened to User Manuals? Google happened ... and something very important was lost. Written by David Pogue.

Facial recognition is becoming increasingly common, but how does it work and what are its privacy considerations? By Jessica Gabel Cino.

A gold-standard clinical trial provides evidence that diet, exercise and an active social life can help prevent cognitive decline.

Computational social scientists study how conspiracy theories spread online and what can be done to stop them. By Walter Quattrociocchi.

Gasping for Air. Shortness of breath can arise from a large number of conditions, complicating diagnosis and treatment. By Robin Lloyd.

Researchers need new ways to distinguish artificial intelligence from the natural kind. By Gary Marcus and John Pavlus.

Before cell phones,some rural folks "spoke" long distance by whistling - a technique that still fascinate linguists. By Julien Meyer.

How we burn calories helps explain why exercise does little to control weight and how we developed distinctive traits. By Herman Pontzer.

Doctors are dealing with evidence that chronic use of popular heartburn medicines may be riskier than was thought. By Karen Weintraub.

A fossil record of the dinosaurs that led to birds, reveals how evolution produces new kinds of organisms. By Stephen Brusatte.

Your E-mail Password Will Never Be Safe! A long list of corporate and political hacks has made that very clear. By David Pogue.