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  • The heat is on Bill Gates

    He now works to solve humanity's greatest problems with his foundation -- yet has no program to curb global warming. That does not compute.
  • Free the chimps!

    Our primate cousins have just had their worst week ever. But they have a lot to teach Wall Street and Obama about setting our country right.
  • Choosy moms choose their babies' sex?

    "Women are turning to science to gain even more control over procreation."
  • Whalin' Palin

    She may be off the national stage, but the Republican empress continues to ravage America's great wilderness state. Her latest target? Beluga whales.
  • Of course we have a headache

    Why discussions of female desire -- or lack thereof -- miss the big picture
  • Your DNA is a snitch

    Today's simple genetic tests can reveal your private nature. Just don't expect it to stay secret.
  • A big green cheer for the stimulus bill

    Billions to boost energy efficiency and clean up toxins? After eight dark years of Bush, environmentalists can hardly believe their eyes.
  • Bigfoot lives!

    Don't laugh. The quixotic quest for beasts of lore is not far from what drives zoologists to find new and incredibly rare creatures today.
  • FAAN responds to "The fear about peanut allergies is nuts"

  • A taste of the lash

    A new "cosmetic medical" product promises to transform your eyes for $150 a month -- if you don't mind all the side effects.
  • War of the wings

    Armed with pyrotechnics and sound blasters, a little known army of wildlife control officers works to keep airports feather free.
  • How bad is pancreatic cancer?

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery on Thursday. One doctor assesses the risks.
  • Blowing away King Coal

    Can a scrawny young wind-power activist topple the biggest, dirtiest industry in West Virginia?
  • Real science comes to Washington

    Myopic conservatives and the media still don't get global warming. But if anybody can preserve a livable climate, Obama's amazing energy team can.
  • Study shows social rejects don't want your damn jack

    A new study finds that people who expect social rejection are preemptively nasty to others.
  • The tortoise and the sun

    It's a showdown among environmentalists out West, where proposed solar-energy plants threaten the desert ecosystem.
  • Father of the ecosystem

    In "The Invention of Air," Steven Johnson creates a fascinating portrait of Joseph Priestley, a friend of Franklin and Jefferson and a freethinker who changed history.
  • Will the salmon be back in 2009?

    Climate change may help explain the historic collapse of the species. Yet ocean experts see signs that idle fishermen can fire up their boats again.
  • Big Think: "It's the creative process that's so tremendous"

    Dr. Pardis Sabeti on enjoying the creative process behind science and learning to love the failures and the successes.
  • Score one for the environment

    On Nov. 4, the tension was unbearable. Fortunately for our air, water and wildlife, Barack Obama triumphed.
  • What your loneliness is telling you

    New science says being lonely speeds aging. Old philosophy says the holiday blues are a signal to examine and change your life.
  • Global boiling

    Some geologists say rising temperatures will uncork vast deposits of undersea methane. If they're right, we're cooked.
  • Obama's pick to solve the energy crisis

    How's this for change? Steven Chu, an actual physicist who wants to stop climate change and revolutionize solar power, gets the nod as energy secretary.
  • What will make Obama a great president

    He must make the U.S. a world leader in global warming solutions. Then he must inspire China to follow suit.
  • Big Think: Is monogamy passé?

    Sexologist Michael Perelman answers questions about sexual dysfunction and pleasure.
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