Sci + Tech

Discoveries in the drug realm are changing the world – and maybe extending your life. Pharmaceutical company Sirtris claims to have inadvertently discovered the fountain… Read More »Fountain of youth in sight

Sex, it turns out, is a good pain killer. At Rutgers university, Dr. Barry Komisaruk tested the pain thresholds of women using a thumbsrew-like machine,… Read More »Sex tames pain

Regular orgasms can lengthen your life – or so it seems. Many studies, conducted from the seventies to present, indicate that an energetic sex life… Read More »An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away

Calls for regulation of chemical BPA fall on deaf ears

Recently developed cancer-targeting nano-particles promise better cancer therapy, and a different experience at the doctor’s office. Administered to the body in doses of billions, each… Read More »New nano-tech tracks and kills cancer cells

Project brings Internet access to children in the developing world

And intelligent Design gets a little boost

Video games have a dark side – such is the refrain of critics, from politicians to parents, who denounce video games for causing addiction and… Read More »Videogames: play to learn

Science explores the beginnings of courage and combativeness

Roughly a million children die from drowning each year. The high mortality rate came as a surprise last year, when surveys in Asia were conducted… Read More »Developed world drownings exceed expectations

Ever wanted to be a superhero? Well here’s your chance to help save the world. World Community Grid is a not-for-profit organization that uses idle… Read More »Your idle computer can save the world

Subjects in the developing world face exploitation during clinical trials

Plants have us beat. Every day, trillions of them convert sunlight into stored energy, because they, like us, still need energy when the sun doesn’t… Read More »New catalyst sheds light on solar energy

Unjust organizations around the world face a new threat: anonymity. A new web site called Wikileaks­ makes whistleblowers untraceable, so that they can leak documents… Read More »Wikileaks web site gives whistleblowers a voice

Computational origami expands the scope of paper folding