Science Selections

The Last Hominin Standing. Why did homo sapiens alone survive to the modern era? By Kate Wong.

The Origins of Morality. How mankind learned to put our fate in one another's hands.

Inside Our Heads. Two Key Features Created the Human Mind.. By Thomas Suddendorf.

The limitations of personal genome service testing. Is current technology that tests for disease gene variants actually worth it?

Long thought to be divorced from the brain, the immune system turns out to be intimately involved in its functioning. By Jonathan Kipnis.

Research shows 60% of American teachers avoid teaching evolution. A growing movement tries to change that. By Adam Piore.

National Geographic: The magazine's spotlight on race coupled with their genetic testing kits seems odd... By Michael Schulson.

Li-Ion Battery Storage to Replace Three Natural Gas Power Plants in California. Tesla batteries to help meet peak power demand.

Renewable energy will rule only when weather data drives the design of a new electric grid. By Peter Fairley.

Dogs beat their domesticated rivals, cats, in a new attempt to measure cognitive power. By Josh Fischmann.

Bacterial Builders. Frances Arnold is directing bacteria to build molecules never before assembled in nature. By Emily Velasco.

Can largely inaudible ultrasound signals from widespread electronics be responsible for headaches & dizziness? By Lee Hotz.

Many toys promise to help babies read, learn, do math and walk earlier than expected - with dubious science. By Erik Vance.

Gravitational waves could solve the hotly contested string theory by means of cutting-edge laser detectors. By Hannah Devlin.

The "Greatest Pandemic in History" was 100 years ago - but many of us still get the basic facts wrong. By Richard Gunderman.

Testing a new spacecraft that cleans up space debris using nets and harpoons. By Jeremy Hsu.

Is Deep-Sea Mining Worth It? The race is on to exploit - and protect - the ocean floor. By Thomas Peacock & Matthew H. Alford.

Meet the ocean creatures that use a mesh of mucus to catch their food, written by Kelley Sutherland.

Low emotional security can intensify our relationships to our belongings. By Francine Russo.

The Security Risks of Logging in With Facebook. By Louise Matsakis.