Testing People Who Get Spittin’ Mad
Researchers find that disappointed voters on Election Night 2008 experienced a dip in testosterone levels. How do they know? They measured the voters' spit, of course.
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There’s No Negotiating With Nature
Two new studies show that the effects of changing climate are with us regardless of where governments or public opinion stand.
Do Panels Dispense Advice or Rationales?
The partisanization of just about everything in D.C. leaves a scientific advisory panel on bioethics moored in ideological shoals.
A Second Life For Orbiting Carbon Observatory?
As the need to measure carbon absorption takes on global political and environmental import, researchers are rushing to resurrect a project that literally crashed and sank.
Quailing Before the Messy Business of Science
The perception that a veneer of certainty must reign over all levels of climate change has led proponents to come a cropper.
Battling Down Syndrome Memory Loss
A mouse model suggests a possible treatment for Alzheimer's-like dementia in aging Down syndrome patients.
Scientists Need to Get Out More
Two books look at science illiteracy in America and report that it can be reversed if scientists emerge from the lab and start communicating.
Power to the Far-Flung People
Jatropha-fueled entrepreneur bringing biodiesel and self-reliance to both the military and the world's forgotten corners.
Government That Listens First, Then Acts?
The Obama administration's tech czar wants a Silicon Valley value transplanted to the Beltway: customer experience design.
Justifying What You Know Can’t Be True
Researchers looking at al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein explore why it is that people often steadfastly believe something even when they've been shown it ain't so.