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Warning calls decoded: Squirrels take up bird alarms to foil the enemy

Warning calls decoded: Squirrels take up bird alarms to foil the enemy

It can take more than just a keen ear to figure out what animals are saying. Sometimes, scientists are learning, you have to talk back to map the rich networks of conversation in a forest.
by Christopher Joyce and Bill McQuay

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'NeuroTribes' examines the history and myths of the autism spectrum

'NeuroTribes' examines the history and myths of the autism spectrum

How Nazi extermination plans and a discredited scientific paper about childhood vaccines shaped our current understanding of autism.

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Microsoft's Windows 10 is now on 75 million devices, company says

Microsoft's Windows 10 is now on 75 million devices, company says

Microsoft vice president Yusuf Mehdi announced Tuesday that the new operating system is running in 192 countries and on a wide range of devices, including ones made as early as 2007.

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Particles from the edge of space shine a light on Fukushima

Particles from the edge of space shine a light on Fukushima

It's one of the greatest, and most disturbing, questions of the Fukushima disaster: What happened to the nuclear fuel inside the plant? Now physicists are trying to shed some light on the problem using particles from the edge of space.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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For cancer-detecting canines, the nose knows

For cancer-detecting canines, the nose knows

A British hospital will soon launch a clinical trial using dogs to detect prostate cancer. With their powerful noses, the dogs can sniff out cancer in as little as one-fifth of a teaspoon of urine.

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A lot of heat is wasted, so why not convert it to power?

A lot of heat is wasted, so why not convert it to power?

What if there were a way to take the waste heat that spews from car tailpipes or power plant chimneys and turn it into electricity? An entrepreneur says something called thermoelectrics is the key.
by Joe Palca

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Hackers appear to post customer data of affair-enabling website

Hackers appear to post customer data of affair-enabling website

Security analysts say the huge data dump may include the account details of more than 30 million users of AshleyMadison.com and its companion site EstablishedMen.com

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New guidelines could stem rising tide of hospitalizations related to food allergies

New guidelines could stem rising tide of hospitalizations related to food allergies

In the last 15 years, the number of American kids who are allergic to peanuts has quadrupled. New research suggests that feeding babies who are at high risk of developing an allergy to peanuts could help.

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