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Apple introduced a number of improvements to its mobile and desktop operating systems as well as its MacBook Pro and Air computers Monday at the company’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. The conference is primarily aimed at programmers who will develop software and apps that run on Apple’s products but also provides a glimpse of what’s in store for some of its most popular electronics in the near future

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/OtmarW Cholesterol-lowering statins have been credited with preventing countless heart attacks among at-risk adults.

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Novel fuels, "green" sources and new technologies will enable us to get around in more environmentally friendly ways [More]

Holes are everywhere, if you look... This post is the second in a series that accompanies the upcoming publication of my book ‘Gravity’s Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos’ (Scientific American/FSG). [More]

Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute are developing plastic chips that can perform the same basic functions as human organs.

United States oil production is on the rise. In the first quarter of 2012, average domestic crude oil production topped 6 million barrels per day (bbl/day). This is the first time that U.S.

Better lithium ion batteries have led to an explosion in availability of plug-in passenger cars. And now, thanks to relatively cheap electricity and the simplicity of the electric drivetrain, electric vehicles have even more potential for use in the extremely cost-sensitive public transportation arena--a concept that is only just taking root.

The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting brings a wealth of scientific minds to the shores of Germany’s Lake Constance. Every summer at Lindau, dozens of Nobel Prize winners exchange ideas with hundreds of young researchers from around the world

Reductionist biology--examining individual brain parts, neural circuits and molecules--has brought us a long way, but it alone cannot explain the workings of the human brain, an information processor within our skull that is perhaps unparalleled anywhere in the universe. We must construct as well as reduce and build as well as dissect. To do that, we need a new paradigm that combines both analysis and synthesis.

When I first saw the coverage of the article appear on Jezebel saying that exercise doesn’t help depression, I didn’t believe it. I read the press release , and really didn’t believe it. And then, I read the article .

Roughly 10,000 years ago, the great sheets of ice that had covered much of the planet receded, triggering a wave of extinctions, ecological changes and, ultimately, the rise of human civilization . All those changes came about as roughly 30 percent of the planet's surface went from ice-covered to ice-free

One of the first things you learn in bacteriology is that bacteria come in different shapes. Not a huge range of shapes admittedly, but the main shapes are spherical, rod-shaped, or spiral. Spherical bacteria make sense as a sphere is a fairly simple shape to grow into and chains or colonies of bacteria allow them to spread into their environment.

Testosterone has a lot of roles--some good, some perhaps counterproductive. Now research suggests that testosterone can make people more poised for aggression, even if they’re not feeling feisty. [More]