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By Jeff Tollefson of Nature magazine Ready or not, the era of big data is coming to ecology. [More]

Our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

Growing cellulosic feedstocks on federally subsidized conservation land could balance the biofuels emissions equation to be completely carbon-neutral, a study suggests.

The Viagra (sildenafil citrate) ads that seem to accompany every televised sporting event end typically with several caveats--including warnings of a dozen or so side effects, including a possible sudden loss of hearing or vision, chest pain and an erection that is painful or lasts longer than four hours.

Rioters chose RIM. But Twitter and Facebook's new mob mostly carry brooms. "It's Like Hogwarts," says an observer

oBaz is short for online bazaar, and like that famously fluid market environment, it's all about haggling to get what you want.

But 14 percent admit they're still not sure how to use it. What marketing tool can't small businesses live without? Here's a hint: It's not Facebook (or any other recent innovation).

Most people spend a major chunk of their waking hours at work, where often the boss looms large. Just how influential the boss is on an employee’s self-image might depend on culture, a study in the February 16 PLoS ONE reports

Editor's note: This story is the final entry in a four-part series that Anne Casselman, a freelance writer and regular contributor to Scientific American , reported in early June during a rare opportunity to conduct field reporting on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory in British Columbia.

Schizophrenia, depression, addiction and other mental disorders cause suffering and cost billions of dollars every year in lost productivity. Neurological and psychiatric conditions account for 13 percent of the global burden of disease, a measure of years of life lost because of premature mortality and living in a state of less than full health, according to the World Health Organization

By Lily Kuo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday will finalize the first ever fuel efficiency and emissions standards for commercial trucks, vans and buses, which is expected to save owners $50 billion in fuel costs over four years.

By Matt Kaplan of Nature magazine Homo floresiensis, dubbed the 'hobbit' of Indonesia, is once again igniting debate. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Tinkering with male mosquitoes so that they cannot produce sperm is a promising way to control the spread of the malaria-carrying insects in the wild. Researchers had been concerned that female Anopheles gambiaemosquitoes might not be fooled into mating with the spermless males, but lab tests show that they are just as attracted to sterile males as to normal ones1

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Southeast and southern Plains broiled under more record-breaking heat on Monday while heavy rain and gusting winds threatened to pummel the nation's midsection. [More]

By Edwin Cartlidge of Nature magazine The Fukushima nuclear disaster, already casting a long shadow over the nuclear industry, has claimed another victim.