Glacial archaeologists scramble to save long-preserved specimens thawing out of vanishing ice before they are lost forever -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The most unexpected beneficiary of the EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., in May 2011 was a fungus named Apophysomyces -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The biologist Deborah Gordon has uncovered how ant colonies search efficiently without central organization, an insight that might improve computer networks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com