Michael Schirber

Scientists reproduce exotic feature on the ocean floor.

Good-bye fluorescent glare! Technique pumps natural light into your office.

A first-of-its-kind brain operation on the king of jungle is successful.

Potential for devastation high based on fresh analysis of historical data since the arrival of Columbus.

More than a century after prints are first lifted, a new X-ray method improves on the technique.

Satellites and population stats force redefinition of what's urban.

LiveScience dispels common myths surrounding the timing of Earthquakes.

Study solves long-standing mystery in planet's radiation belts.

Global race gets satellite assist in spotting dangerous icebergs.

Deer put male fawns on higher protein diet.

Driven to collapse by sound waves, the inside of a regular bubble can reach stellar proportions.

The IM's of college students, especially women, are more like writing than speaking.

Scientists try to figure out if wind alters the planet's rotation, or if it's the other way around.

Relying on cosmic rays from space, new detectors may spot hidden tombs, volcanic activity, and even nuclear contraband.

The pre-human brain grew and grew, but we didn't get smarter until a sudden Big Bang of the mind.

Breakthrough could lead to human mind control over prostheses.

Better estimates of the production of phytoplankton shed light on greenhouse gas consumption.

Spitting cobras can hit a bull’s eye, or your eyes, every time.

The many uses of cheap and biodegradable corn.

A new analysis of longer-period waves reveals the event was more intense than previously known.

Bees do it. Birds do it. So do fish and wildebeests. And what about people?

Give them our smoke, our carbon dioxide, our unwanted particulate matter.

To the delight of visitors, Kilauea is dripping molten rock into the Pacific.

Binaural sound puts the music out in front of you, concert style.

A new list of the costliest events in the past quarter century.