Scientists Create Stem Cells Without Embryos

Researchers produce “pluripotent” stems cells from human skin cells, potentially removing ethical concerns for life-saving research.

Science Sunday: Urban Goes Rural; Rockies hit outerspace

Red Rocks or Red Sox, it’s all the same to Colorado in finding “home plate.”

Science Sunday: Security vs. Openness in the Post-9/11 World

The National Academy of Sciences says freedom makes us safer.

Science Sunday: Worms, Work and the Great Plains

A weekly look at weird, wacky and wonderous science news.

Science Sunday: Iapetus’ Mountains, Wolves v. Coyotes, Prostate Relief

Distant mountains

_{Himalayas of Iapetus}

The Cassini mission to Saturn has come within a thousand miles of the surface of the planet’s third largest…

Science Says: Liberals Smarter Than Conservatives?

Liberals are more intellectually nimble than conservatives — no one really wants to say that liberals are smarter — according to study in this week’s journal Nature Neuroscience.

In a simple experiment, New York University neuroscientist David Amodio and…

Science Sunday: Wrong Fish, Looks Still Count, and Acid Oceans

Oops

_{Greenback cutthroat trout. Really. Photo by Colorado Division of Wildlife}

A decades long effort to prevent the extinction of the threatened…

Science Sunday: Autism, Alfv

Location, location, location

Wolf near Blacktail Pond, Yellowstone National
Park; Jim Peaco, National Park Service

A main indicator of hunting success…

Science Sunday: Crohn’s Disease, Mayan Crops, and Senior Sex

Science Sunday: Geoengineering, Parent Talk, Ice Loss

Carbon geoengineering may cause drought

One potential method for dealing with global warming that’s developed some legs recently is geoengineering. These are often huge, Rube Goldberg ideas like huge sunshades in space to cool the planet, adding iron to…