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  1. Poles Apart, but Viewed Together

    We’re well into the International Polar Year, which actually runs for 2 years. The program, which is coordinating teams doing Arctic and Antarctic research, will allow the public to periodically check in on developments. For instance, people will be able to follow polar animals as they fly around the Antarctic, swim through the oceans, or […]

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Biohazard: Smoking before or after pregnancy may harm daughters’ fertility

    Smoking before pregnancy or during breastfeeding might impair the female offspring's fertility, a study in mice shows.

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  3. Physics

    Einstein Unruffled: Relativity passes stringent new tests

    The moon's orbit and the dilated time of speeding atoms give new meaning to 'Einstein was right.'