Small changes to DNA that were once considered innocuous enough to be ignored are proving to be important in human diseases, evolution and biotechnology
This underappreciated resource—a key part of fertilizers—is still decades from running out. But we must act now to conserve it, or future agriculture will collapse
Scientific American 10; June 2009; by Melinda Wenner; Sally Lehrman; Kate Wilcox; Gary Stix; 8 Page(s)
Information thieves can now do an end run around encryption, networks and the operating system
The Taming of the Cat; June 2009; by Carlos A. Driscoll; Juliet Clutton-Brock; Andrew C. Kitchener; Stephen J. O'Brien; 8 Page(s)
Genetic and archaeological findings hint that wildcats became house cats earlierand in a different placethan previously thought
A device that slides magnetic bits back and forth along nanowire "racetracks" could pack data in a three-dimensional microchip and may replace nearly all forms of conventional data storage