Adapting Crops for Extreme Weather
In late September, an international team of researchers fanned out across a remote New Mexico mountain range, in search of…
Incredible Footage of the Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
On December 18, a volcano emerged on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, just north of the town of Grindavik, near…
The Most Important Unsolved Problem in Computer Science
When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one…
How Much Vitamin D Do You Need to Stay Healthy?
For a while vitamin D was looking like a bona fide health elixir. It was recognized a century ago as…
Cutting Salt May Lower Blood Pressure as Much as Medication
A common refrain in the doctor’s office is to eat less salt to improve your blood pressure. But that advice…
The Genetics of Why You Look Like Your Great Aunt Mildred
When Eric Mueller, who was adopted, first saw a photograph of his birth mother, he was overcome by how alike…