The Alchemist's Tale

Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science.

Good Evidence For 9th Planet In Solar System

CEO Mark Parker, an introverted sneaker designer, has doubled revenues and profits for the footwear and apparel powerhouse and boosted its stock price six fold. Here’s how he plans to keep the winning streak alive.

Top 10 Discoveries of 2015

Archaeology’s editors reveal the year’s most compelling finds.

DNA as Storage for Mankind's Permanent Record

The Marc Jacobs woman is always ready to play. Her next role? Seductress. Her costume? Just a spritz of decadence, says Maggie Bullock.

Avatar Director James Cameron Offers A New Way To Fight Climate Change

Hollywood’s long-lasting leading man succeeded by being himself.

6 Ways We'll Find Enough Water For A Warming Planet

How we'll find enough water for a warming planet.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

The science-politics-education-social media-home automation-global warming-guy.

How Dow Chemical Is Turning Sewage Into a Refreshing Drink

Dow chemical is turning sewage into a refreshing drink.

Who Wouldn't Pay $30 for a DNA Nip & Tuck?

Self-modification when gene editing is cheaper than plastic surgery.

How Science Is Fighting Wilder Wildfires Than Ever Before

In the midst of a nightmarish wildfire season, scientists are often the only barrier between life and death.

What Killed America's Climate-Saving Nuke Revival?

One decade ago, the U.S. was on the verge of a second, climate-saving nuclear age. What happened?

Selling Salvation, Cloud By Cloud

A North Dakota company sells salvation cloud by cloud.

Mission Europa - Jupiter Or Bust

Jupiter's ocean-filled moon might hold the life we've long searched for in space. And scientists have one shot to reach it.

10 Brain Myths Busted

It's going to take more than 10 percent of your brain to read this story.

Let's Talk About Martians

We found the perfect excuse to geek out on exploring Mars - in science fiction and real life. And we invited the director of The Martian to join us.

Maybe We're Not Infested With Aliens

Maybe the aliens are part of what makes us us.

Anatomy Of A Micro Lung

How a series of thumb-drive-size chips may revolutionize pharmaceutical development.

Bringing The Passenger Pigeon Out Of Extinction

Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.

The $20 Billion Natural Gas Gamble

Rising from a Louisiana Bayou, America's most unlikely energy project will change the natural gas market.

Driscoll's Is Breeding The Fruit Of The Future

Driscoll's is breeding the fruit of the future.

Shell's Risky, Expensive Plan To Drill, Baby, Drill

A global oil glut has tanked prices and cut profits as politicians vow to confront climate change. So why is Shell drilling for "extreme oil"north of Alaska?

Your Next Vacation Could Be To 100,000 Feet

Your next vacation could be to 100,000 feet - Balloons like this one will tow a capsule that has seating for six passengers and...a bar.

Get Dirty, Stay Healthy

We live in fear of the microbes that inhabit our homes and buildings. But our health may depend on preserving theirs

The Fight Over Plastic Bags

The fight over plastics bags is about a lot more than how to get groceries home.

Why The Saudis Are Going Solar

The fate of one of the biggest fossil-fuel producers of the past 40 years may now depend on its investment in renewable energy.

THE PILLS TO END AGEING

No longer the stuff of science fiction, affordable treatments that could slow, stop or even reverse your ageing are, thanks to new breakthroughs, less than a decade away... You might even be taking some of them already

CHANGE THE (BODY) CLOCKS

Why the end of British Summer Time can be a wake-up call for our circadian health

Scientists want to build a giant 'bio-vault' on the Moon.Here's why...

Experts say the best place to preserve cells from Earth's most important species is not on this planet

LIVING FOSSILS

FOR SOME CREATURES ALIVE TODAY TIME HAS ALMOST STOOD STILL. MEET THE 'LIVING FOSSILS' THAT GIVE US A GLIMPSE INTO LIFE IN THE DISTANT PAST

ECLIPSES ON DEMAND

Inside an unassuming building, behind a damp car park in Antwerp, Belgium, scientists are teaching two spacecraft to be dance partners for a performance that will take place in front of the Sun.