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Science & Society

It’s time for addiction science to supersede stigma

Animals

Not Your Father’s Song

The next generation of birds chooses its music.

Chemistry

Nicotine’s new appeal

Mimicking the addictive compound’s action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia.

Chemistry

Long Live Plastics

With plastics in museums decomposing, a new effort seeks to halt the demise of materials commonly thought to be unalterable.

Animals

Honeybees still at risk

Bees still suffering from colony collapse disorder.

Space

Try, try again

NASA announced October 23 that, despite a series of setbacks, the prognosis is good for reviving the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space

New light on moon water

Kaguya, a Japanese spacecraft orbiting the moon, finds that a south pole crater called Shackleton has no visible signs of ice.

Health & Medicine

Drug may offer MS turnaround

A drug used against leukemia can ease disability in early-stage multiple sclerosis patients over a three-year span.

Physics

Magic tape

Physicists discover an unexpected source of X-rays.

Health & Medicine

Closest look yet at lung cancer genes

A large study offers clues to the genetics behind lung cancer.

Neuroscience

Selective memory

Using genetic engineering and chemical manipulation, scientists erased the memory of a stressful experience from a mouse’s brain.

Humans

Middle schoolers earn top prizes in science competition

Five winners awarded top prizes in the Society for Science & the Public’s national science competition for middle school students.