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The Fight Against Fake Birth Control
A recent study shows that a huge percentage of Peru's emergency contraceptives are not what they appear.
Was Quarantine The Right Move?
China's dramatic response to a single case of plague is very telling.
Fukushima Monkeys Have Fewer Blood Cells Than Monkeys Elsewhere, Study Finds
But, as with many nuclear-disaster health studies, the findings, and what they mean, are controversial.
The Week In Drones: No-Fly Maps, Protecting Future Japan, And More
Keeping up with the droneses
Leishmania Parasite: Deadly For Humans, But Good For Flies?
Whatever you do, do NOT do an image search for "cutaneous Leishmania".
Why DARPA Wants An Experimental Spaceplane
An ambitious DARPA project seeks to get satellites into space cheaper and on demand.
“Night’s Slow Poison”: An Excerpt From Our Sci-Fi Special Issue
On an interstellar cargo ship, a peculiar traveller triggers stark memories of an abandoned home planet and a long-lost love.
Introducing Our First Sci-Fi Special Issue For The iPad
Dispatches From The Future contains more than 100 pages of mind-bending science fiction, including a first-ever animated graphic novel adapted from Isaac Asimov's legendary short story, "Nightfall." Download a copy today.
101-Year-Old Citizen Scientist Has Called In Weather Observations Every Day For 84 Years
The U.S. National Weather Service is naming a whole new award after him.
Could Lasers Be The Future Of Anti-Missile Weapons?
It's possible, but don't expect airliners to start firing lasers tomorrow.
U.K. Supermarket To Run On Electricity Made From Its Own Rotting Food
The joys of anaerobic digestion
Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust
A less common reply against Moon hoax theorists: the way dust behaves in Apollo videos is proof we landed on the Moon.