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  1. Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice

    Artwork and photographs from the collection of the Natural History Museum in London document three centuries of exploration. Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice Firefly Books, 2008, 335 p., $39.95

    By Science News

  2. Letters

    Reader letters : February 14, 2009.

    By Science News

  3. Science Future for February 14, 2009

    February 23 “When Plasmons Interact, Worlds Collide: The Emerging Field of Nanophotonics” at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. Visit www.nsf.gov March 1 Deadline for submissions to the Chlorofilms plant biology video YouTube competition. Visit www.chlorofilms.org March 6 The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center opens in Concord, N.H. Visit Starhop .

    By Science News

  4. Science Past for February 14, 1959

    POLAR ICE CORES REVEAL TRAPPED “ANCIENT AIR” —  Bubbles of “ancient air” trapped in polar ice may reveal whether the modern industrial world is polluting the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. The air bubbles were found in cores drilled at depths down to 1,345 feet in the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps. The ice originated as snows […]

    By Science News
  5. Humans

    The Dating Go Round

    Speed dating offers scientists a peek at how romance actually blossoms.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Earth

    The Solar System’s Big Bang

    Finding signs of a lost beginning.

    By Ron Cowen
  7. Life

    Whipping fluids along in microlabs

    Researchers have detailed one way for hairlike structures to drive liquid in a "lab on a chip."

    By Patrick Barry
  8. Space

    Big black holes may not stop star birth

    New study suggests models may have given these supermassive beasts too much credit.

    By Ron Cowen
  9. Health & Medicine

    Excess blood sugar could harm cognition

    Chronically high blood sugar levels in elderly people with diabetes seem to contribute to worsened cognitive function, a study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Life

    Serotonin turns shy locusts into cereal killers

    Serotonin can turn solitary locusts into swarming biblical-scale crop destroyers.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Health & Medicine

    Parenting shapes genetic risk for drug use

    A three-year study of black teens in rural Georgia finds that involved, supportive parenting powerfully buffers the tendency of some genetically predisposed youngsters to use drugs.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Health & Medicine

    Fingerprints filter the vibrations fingers feel

    A new robotics study suggests that the ridges select the right frequencies for light touch

    By Laura Sanders