From the Editor: 86.1 Science and the End of the World
The Mayan apocalyse did not occur – but are we creating our own apocalypse?
William Zhang
February 6, 2013
The Mayan apocalyse did not occur – but are we creating our own apocalypse?
Powerful earthquakes in the middle of a tectonic plate suggest that it is splitting.
New drug screening methods could discover important uses for drugs that initially failed clinical tests.
Production of meat outside of standard farm animals may help satisfy the world’s protein demand.
Recent controversies about H1N1 research recall decades of past bioweapons research.
A new fossil find clarifies the evolution of a group of mollusks and provides insights into mollusk evolution overall.
A novel single-molecule approach using “optical tweezers” provides new detail into the process of membrane fusion.
Professor Roman Kuc studies bat echolocation to help build new sonar systems for robots.
Scientists and doctors are developing tiny robots that can find targets, deliver drugs, and monitor the body.
