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How Does the Quantum World Cross Over?
The universe according to quantum mechanics is strange and probabilistic, but our everyday reality seems nailed down. New experiments aim to probe where—and why—one realm passes into the other
How to Overcome Antiscientific Thinking
Convincing people who doubt the validity of climate change and evolution to change their beliefs requires overcoming a set of ingrained cognitive biases
The Real Paleo Diet
Microscopic wear patterns on fossil teeth reveal what our ancestors ate—and provide insights into how climate change shaped human evolution
How Gene Expression Runs on a Clock--and What It Means for Medical Treatments
How the body's cycles went from folk medicine to modern science
Dogs Have a Lot More Neurons Than Cats
Dogs beat their domesticated rivals, cats, in a new attempt to measure cognitive power
Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind and Solar Power to Surge
Renewable energy will rule only when weather data drive the design of a new electric grid
Buzz Kill: Our Best Weapons against Mosquitoes
As mosquito-borne diseases spread, scientists are fighting back with new poisons, traps and genetic engineering techniques