Martin Hilbert: All human information, stored on CD, would reach beyond the moon

If a single star is a bit of information, there's a galaxy of info for every person on Earth, says the first-ever inventory of our info capacity. Learn more from Martin Hilbert.

Resurrecting a 200-year-old vintage beer

Finnish scientists are teasing out the secrets in the oldest bottle of beer in the world, kept chilled for 200 years on a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

Baby boomers go high tech to age better

Research labs around the country - like MIT's AgeLab - are focused on creating technologies that help seniors stay active, healthy, and independent. Their target? Baby boomers with purchasing power.

Jorge Galan reveals the stealth of Salmonella, and also its Achilles heel

The Yale researcher has made a new discovery that could lead to an antidote for Salmonella poisoning, and even the creation of next-gen antibiotics.

The pain paradox and current research

Researchers are looking for differences in the brain between people with chronic illnesses and pain and those who are healthy. Read more.

About 80% of global fisheries in trouble, says new U.N. report

The U.N. estimates that 53% of global fisheries are "fully exploited", and 32% are either overexploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion, and need to be urgently rebuilt.

Human exodus out of Africa gets new timeline

Ancient artifacts found in the Arabian Peninsula, dating back to 100,000 years ago, indicate that the human exodus of Africa occurred earlier than thought.

Two Egyptian men of science and political unrest

Mohammed Yahia and Ahmed Abdel-Azeem are Egyptian men of science. They might be strongly affected - in ways I can only imagine - by the political unrest there. I dedicate this post to them!

Real energy savers with Shahzeen Attari

Attari says that what we think are energy savers, and what actually does save the most energy are ot the same. Find out what actually saves energy here.

A 10-year farming experiment in Malawi

In Malawi, scientists finish a 10-years farming experiment focused on practices with to developing new, more resilient methods of food production.