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Can DNA Tests Reveal Nationality?

Can DNA Tests Reveal Nationality?

Scientists say no, but U.K. pilot program gathers data anyway

By Valerie Ross | Posted December 30, 2009

Photo credit: NASA, from flickr.com

Do Sounds From Space Reach Earth?

Scientists strain to hear the universe’s cosmic song

By Emily Elert | Posted December 21, 2009

A New Test for Gravity

A New Test for Gravity

Do Einstein’s theories hold for the universe at large?

By Emily Elert | Posted December 18, 2009

One Small Step For Electric Cars

One Small Step For Electric Cars

Battery technology must improve before electrics can compete with gas-guzzlers

By Mike Orcutt | Posted December 8, 2009

A colored adaptation of a sketch of English novelist Jane Austen (Credit: Wikimedia)

Did Tainted Cow’s Milk Kill Jane Austen?

Medical and literary experts debate English novelist Jane Austen’s fatal illness

By Ferris Jabr | Posted December 7, 2009

3-D DNA Nanostructures

3-D DNA Nanostructures

NYU Chemist Realizes Dream of Made-To-Order Crystals

By Olivia Koski | Posted December 1, 2009