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Peering through a microscope at a plate of cells one day, Ralph M. Steinman spied something no one had ever seen before.

Peering through a microscope at a plate of cells one day, Ralph M.

Click here for Part One: Carl Zimmer on the Art of Science Writing

Click here for Part One: Carl Zimmer on the Art of Science Writing

By Declan Butler of Nature magazine It is a nightmare scenario: a human pandemic caused by the accidental release of a man-made form of the lethal avian influenza virus H5N1. Yet the risk is all too real

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine When Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S.

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine When Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S.

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has riveted international attention on the threat of nuclear weapons . Kim was widely reported to have been pursuing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles to deliver them, and he presided over a pair of nuclear bomb blast tests (confirmed by seismograph). No one outside North Korea knows whether the secretive, totalitarian nation possesses an actual warhead.

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has riveted international attention on the threat of nuclear weapons . Kim was widely reported to have been pursuing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles to deliver them, and he presided over a pair of nuclear bomb blast tests (confirmed by seismograph)

Let’s imagine that I suggest you look for lions while we are strolling through the park.

Let’s imagine that I suggest you look for lions while we are strolling through the park.

Click here for Part Two: Carl Zimmer Delves Beneath the Surface of Science Writing

Click here for Part Two: Carl Zimmer Delves Beneath the Surface of Science Writing

“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years,” as the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln goes. Although we humans have never been satisfied with the biblical allotment of threescore and ten, neither do we want to extend our life span only to pass the time in a decrepit state

Taking v itamin D , along with calcium supplements, may reduce your risk of breaking a bone, but there's not yet enough evidence to say whether it may lower your risk of cancer, a new analysis concludes. [More]