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1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

360° Dive into a Black Hole

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Human-Like Menstrual Cycle Has Been Discovered in the Spiny Mouse

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

A Powerful, 100x Smaller Particle Collider Could Be On The Horizon

A Quantum Computer Has Been Hooked Up to the Cloud For the First Time

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A String of Supernovae May Have Caused Earth’s Recent Ice Ages

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

7 Ways the Government Shutdown is Hurting Science

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

A Planet Blue, Where Raining Glass Lends Its Hue

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Step Closer to Artificial Intelligence with CAPTCHA-Solving Tech

A Timeline of Curiosity on Mars

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

A Watery, Extraterrestrial Ocean Is Submerged Beneath Enceladus's Blankets of Ice

Accidental Experiment Solves Century-Old Chemistry Problem

"BigBrain" a Small Step Toward Mapping Human Mind

Bat-Inspired Tech Could Help Blind People See with Sound

The Boring and Exciting World of Biometrics

BRAIN Initiative Launches

Building a New Society in Space

Using Butterfly Wings as a Template for Nanotech

Cars Driving Change in Cliff Swallows

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

A Fuming Glacier National Park Faces Long-Term Consequences

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

A Human-Like Menstrual Cycle Has Been Discovered in the Spiny Mouse

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

Palau’s Improbably Healthy Coral Reefs

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

7 Ways the Government Shutdown is Hurting Science

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

A Planet Blue, Where Raining Glass Lends Its Hue

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Step Closer to Artificial Intelligence with CAPTCHA-Solving Tech

A Timeline of Curiosity on Mars

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

A Watery, Extraterrestrial Ocean Is Submerged Beneath Enceladus's Blankets of Ice

Accidental Experiment Solves Century-Old Chemistry Problem

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

7 Ways the Government Shutdown is Hurting Science

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Step Closer to Artificial Intelligence with CAPTCHA-Solving Tech

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

A Watery, Extraterrestrial Ocean Is Submerged Beneath Enceladus's Blankets of Ice

Accidental Experiment Solves Century-Old Chemistry Problem

Palau’s Improbably Healthy Coral Reefs

The Simple Medical Diagnostics That Are Changing Healthcare

250-dB Blasts Used for Oil Prospecting Could Affect Endangered Whale

Planting Prairies at Airports Could Make Flying Safer

The Alzheimer’s Breakthrough That’s Been Missing Until Now—The Third Dimension

Alzheimer's, Icelanders, and Ebola: NOVA Next Week in Review

Glimmers of Hope Before an Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

A Human-Like Menstrual Cycle Has Been Discovered in the Spiny Mouse

A Powerful, 100x Smaller Particle Collider Could Be On The Horizon

A Quantum Computer Has Been Hooked Up to the Cloud For the First Time

A String of Supernovae May Have Caused Earth’s Recent Ice Ages

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

Palau’s Improbably Healthy Coral Reefs

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

Planting Prairies at Airports Could Make Flying Safer

Alzheimer's, Icelanders, and Ebola: NOVA Next Week in Review

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

A Fuming Glacier National Park Faces Long-Term Consequences

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

A Watery, Extraterrestrial Ocean Is Submerged Beneath Enceladus's Blankets of Ice

The Simple Medical Diagnostics That Are Changing Healthcare

250-dB Blasts Used for Oil Prospecting Could Affect Endangered Whale

Planting Prairies at Airports Could Make Flying Safer

The Alzheimer’s Breakthrough That’s Been Missing Until Now—The Third Dimension

Alzheimer's, Icelanders, and Ebola: NOVA Next Week in Review

Glimmers of Hope Before an Alzheimer’s Epidemic

This “Energy Ribbon” is Helping Astronomers Map the Solar System’s Frontier

Ancient Martian Freshwater Lake May Have Supported Life

Ancient Microcontinent Discovered in Indian Ocean

For More Accurate Forecasts, Follow the Fish

Another Approach to Efficient Solar Power

Anxiety May Be Passed Down to Later Generations

What Does Music Look Like?

Meet Fermilab's New Director

Are Wormholes Everywhere?

How Engineers Use Ground Freezing to Build Bigger, Safer, and Deeper

Why Can't We Prevent An Asteroid Strike?

Australia Wasn't Found By Accident, Study Suggests

Babies Are Born to Count

Basic Computer Logic Built By Splitting Viral Gene

Beams of Light Could Steer Future Spaceships

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

360° Dive into a Black Hole

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

A Fuming Glacier National Park Faces Long-Term Consequences

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Did Facebook HQ Start the #10YearChallenge?

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

Scientists Just Found 200,000 New Marine Viruses. Here’s Why That Matters.

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

360° Dive into a Black Hole

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

3D Printing Pizza in Space

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Is Oldest Piece of the Earth's Crust

7 Ways the Government Shutdown is Hurting Science

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

A Planet Blue, Where Raining Glass Lends Its Hue

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Step Closer to Artificial Intelligence with CAPTCHA-Solving Tech

A Timeline of Curiosity on Mars

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

A Watery, Extraterrestrial Ocean Is Submerged Beneath Enceladus's Blankets of Ice

Accidental Experiment Solves Century-Old Chemistry Problem

Act Your (Molecular) Age

The Simple Medical Diagnostics That Are Changing Healthcare

250-dB Blasts Used for Oil Prospecting Could Affect Endangered Whale

This “Energy Ribbon” is Helping Astronomers Map the Solar System’s Frontier

An Icy Neutrino Observatory

An Intergalactic GPS System

Anatomy of a Super Typhoon

Collateral Damage: Somali Pirates Create Scientific "Data Hole"

Comb Jelly Genetics May Redraw Tree of Life

Computers making inroads in field of mathematics

Concerns Over Plan to Save Dead Sea

Conifers Have Enormous Genomes