All Stories by Science News
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Platypuses in trouble, toxins in lakes and a chemical link to early puberty in this week’s news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
Self-sufficient pancreatic cells, tingly spinal cells and vitamin D for gum disease in this week’s news.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Sight restored after 55 years, plus hockey-checking injuries, statins' diabetes link and more in this week's news.
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- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Moons may be common, plus transforming neutrinos, new comet images and more in this week’s news.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A first look at the roots of sight, plus fading blues, steady birds and more in this week’s news.
- Earth
Earth & Environment
Earth’s bulging waistline, plus ancient mangrove swamps and new threats from wildfires in this week’s news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
A look at how ovarian cancer spreads, plus clues to aging and immune links to cancer in this week’s news.
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From the Archive: Carp eat other fish out
History repeats with another round of carp invasion.
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Science Past from the issue of July 1, 1961
WINTERGREEN VS. ALMOND IN ODOR PENETRATION TEST — Different chemicals produce different odors because vibrations within the molecules are different. This is the theory of Dr. R.H. Wright of the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, Canada. He compared nitrobenzene, which has an almond smell, and methyl salicylate, which smells like wintergreen. Both these substances […]
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Science Future for July 2, 2011
July 7Be mesmerized by the color red and how it is made for pigments and paints, at San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Ages 18 and up. See www.exploratorium.edu/afterdark July 18In Washington, D.C., a Smithsonian science historian describes ancient apothecaries and their brews. See www.residentassociates.org
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