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Sea Garbage Shows Ocean Boundaries Sep 30, 2014

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Floating refuse reveals ocean currents that in turn show where the world's oceans mix and where they stay relatively discrete. Karen Hopkin reports

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Yeast Coaxed to Make Morphine Sep 29, 2014

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Genetically manipulated yeast can produce morphine that could help get around the problems with poppy crops, which include climate, disease and war. Karen Hopkin reports

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Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction Sep 25, 2014

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Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture Sep 24, 2014

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An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports

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I Got Rhythm, I Got Reading Sep 23, 2014

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Kids who could keep a beat had superior skills related to reading and language than did those whose rhythm strayed. Cynthia Graber reports

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Dino Devastator Also Ravaged Veggies Sep 19, 2014

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After the Chicxulub meteorite, more than half the plant species in temperate North America perished along with the dinosaurs, and the composition of post-impact vegetation changed markedly. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Genius Grant Goes to Science Historian Sep 17, 2014

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New MacArthur Fellow Pamela Long studies the scientific revolution as a result of the interactions of academics and hands-on infrastructure engineers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Steve Mirsky reports

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Leopards Wolf Down Fido in India Ag Area Sep 16, 2014

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A study of leopard droppings in agricultural western India reveals that the cats primarily eat domestic animals, mostly dogs, but only a small amount of livestock. Steve Mirsky reports

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Bio-Spleen Sucks Pathogens and Toxins from Blood Sep 15, 2014

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The new device rids the blood of bacteria, fungi, viruses and toxins using nanoscale-size magnetic beads. Cynthia Graber reports

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Synthetic Fabrics Host More Stench-Producing Bacteria Sep 05, 2014

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Micrococcus bacteria thrive on the open-air lattice of synthetic fibers—where they sit chomping on the fatty acids in our sweat, turning them into shorter, stinkier molecules. Christopher Intagliata reports

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