In 10 languages, happy words beat sad ones

If you rate the most common words in 10 major languages, you’ll see people tend to use positive words — around the globe. Surprised? More »

Weather: [More data + more computers = better forecasts]

Weather forecasts improve, but who’s ever satisfied? Check some around-the-corner technologies that will paint a better picture of More »

As elephant poaching soars, carbon dating, a mainstay of archeology, could be used to date ivory, based on heavy isotopes left over More »

Life is biology is species: But how many species live on Earth? About six million arthropods (insects, spiders and crustaceans), says a More »

We love accurate weather forecasts, but the weather satellites they rely on are nearing the boneyard. Some replacements have crashed More »

Neutrinos travel through mass with scarcely a trace. A 1-billion ton detector at South Pole “sees” neutrinos from distant galaxies. More »

A crash course in “sink or swim” teaches computerized robots to adapt to changing circumstances. More »

Seismic study shows crust thinning as continent divides, giving another view of our restless planet. More »

A new report on the ancient universe shows that most galaxies – even all of them – had a black hole at the center, much like modern More »

Fish contamination was rare after the oil spill in the Gulf, with levels of dangerous hydrocarbons well below “levels of concern.” More »

A federal court has thrown the field of embryonic stem cell research into confusion. Last week, research that destroys embryos could More »

Plywood used to be bonded with soybean glue; then along came synthetic adhesives. They were strong and cheap, but they did release More »

Underground nuclear tests have been the biggest roadblock to a comprehensive test ban. How are these explosions detected, and how More »

The feds put out a massive report on American birds, and the #1 source of data is – amateurs! What is the role of amateurs in More »

Pres. Obama has removed some limits on studies of cells that can become any body cell. What was lost in eight years of limits on More »