EvolutionMay 20, 2009
Hey, hey, we're the monkeylike primates! The missing link that ignited a media backlash
Stories by Brendan Borrell
Brendan Borrell is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for Bloomberg Businessweek, Nature, Outside, Scientific American, and many other publications, and is the co-author (with ecologist Manuel Molles) of the textbook Environment: Science, Issues, Solutions. He traveled to Brazil with the support of the Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative. Follow him on Twitter @bborrell.
The SciencesMay 14, 2009
Life began in a flash; Science takes four billion years to catch up
HealthMay 11, 2009
Bear market for swine flu
The SciencesApril 17, 2009
Don't Fence Me In: Researchers Devise Bio-Boundary for African Wild Dogs
Africa's second-most endangered predator breaks out of the reserves created to protect it. Now, biologists are finding that it's own urine can be used to contain it
HealthApril 6, 2009
Churn Baby, Churn: Using Virtual Stomachs to Regurgitate the Mysteries of Digestion
What can computational fluid dynamics teach us about the biggest gap in the science of nutrition?
The SciencesApril 3, 2009
Making Mushrooms Environmentally Friendly
Can science keep mushroom farmers from stinking up the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
The SciencesApril 2, 2009
Fiddling with Flavors: Making Healthy Bread Taste Better
Does the secret of flavor lie in the Maillard reaction?
The SciencesApril 1, 2009
Chocolatiers Look at Ways to Take Bug-Based Varnish off Candy
Will India's sweet tooth be enough to get dead insects out of our chocolate?
HealthApril 1, 2009
Finding Balance: A Novel Theory on Seasickness
Is poor posture control the real cause of motion sickness?
HealthMarch 31, 2009
Sausage without the Squeal: Growing Meat inside a Test Tube
A Dutch laboratory tries to produce pork without the pig
The SciencesMarch 30, 2009
Slide Show: Amy Goldman's Heirloom Tomatoes
Not Your Garden-Variety Garden Tomatoes
The SciencesMarch 30, 2009
How to Grow a Better Tomato: The Case against Heirloom Tomatoes
The product of archaic breeding strategies, heirloom tomatoes are hardly diverse and are no more "natural" than grocery-store varieties. New studies promise to restore their lost, healthy genes
March 24, 2009
Scientific meltdown at Chernobyl?
HealthMarch 18, 2009
What is "talk and die" syndrome?
After a seemingly minor fall on the slopes, actress Natasha Richardson is reportedly suffering from a potentially deadly head injury
HealthMarch 11, 2009
A Medical Madoff: Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies
A pioneering anesthesiologist has been implicated in a massive research fraud that has altered the way millions of patients are treated for pain during and after orthopedic surgeries
HealthMarch 9, 2009
What is aortic valve replacement surgery?
Former first lady Barbara Bush just had it--and now comedian Robin Williams is getting the procedure. The question is: Why?
EnvironmentMarch 5, 2009
Why study pig odor?
Pig manure research may not smell like roses, but it's definitely not just pork in the latest federal spending bill, says one Iowa researcher
HealthMarch 4, 2009
Supreme Court strikes down "preemption" argument for drugmaker Wyeth
The SciencesFebruary 27, 2009
Are octopuses smart?
The mischievous mollusk that flooded a Santa Monica aquarium is not the first MENSA-worthy octopus
HealthFebruary 27, 2009
What are bedbugs? Are they dangerous?
The blood-sucking insects are the bane of most city-dwellers, but one entomologist proudly keeps a colony at the American Museum of Natural History. Is there any way for the rest of us to steer clear of them?
The SciencesFebruary 26, 2009
James Watson disses today's high school teachers
Mind & BrainFebruary 24, 2009
Oedipus Wrecked: Study Supporting the Mother of All Psychological Complexes Withdrawn
A journal retracts a paper that supported the idea that your wife is likely to look like your mother, but others say that Freud's theory may still hold water
The SciencesFebruary 17, 2009
How does ice cause a plane to crash?
Continental Express flight 3407 crashed into a home outside of Buffalo, possibly due to ice buildup on the plane's wings and/or tail
HealthFebruary 13, 2009
Why are octuplet births so rare in humans?
An evolutionary expert explains why Homo sapiens is not equipped to handle eight kids, and why they invest so much energy in a single offspring