Using media to brighten up dull tasks leaves adolescents feeling both better and worse.
Researchers create a 10-qubit register that can hold its quantum state for more than a minute.
Researchers combine old whaling records with aerial photographs to estimate the large animals’ weights.
New technology could lower the cost of ultrasound machines
Regular improvements in so-called optical clocks are setting the stage for a redefinition of the second and powering searches for new laws of physics.
Test of mining prowess of microbes lifted off yesterday.
Researchers suggest that flexible blankets or domes made of silica aerogel could protect crops on the red planet.
A different set of ingredients may be needed to take the next giant leap for humankind.
A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.