Sarah Davidson

Freeloaders get their due, at least in small settings.

You get what you pay for, more or less. And that could be a problem for people on diets.

Tiny and lightweight, they could one day power an iPod or any portable device.

Sounds odd, right? But it happened, and scientists wonder if there's a lesson for the future.

Scientist in India have found what they believe to be a new species of macaque monkey.

New computer program tracks fire in coal boilers to reduce how much is burned.

The Dwarf Mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum, employs a unique reproductive method that help it thrive, but forests ultimately pay the price.

The mechanism responsible for balance may be as exact as evolution could devise.

The search for an expected smoking gun comes up dry.

Researchers dove right in, literally, to figure out how an ancient whale-sized reptile paddled.

First impressions last, even if we don't realize it.

This blue-winged creature teaches scientists a thing or two about light and color.

The Sun's warmth is changed into mechanical power to create electricity.

Laughing together builds relationships, even if there's no humor.

The Postal Service hopes to promote science through the mail.

The world's fastest transistor, now one atom thick.

Trap doors and tunnels in your ears translate sound and movement into hearing and balance.

Playing on the imagination, scientists have found it's pretty easy to make people remember things that never happened.

Researchers compiled 2000 years of drought history to create a new atlas.

The extra weight can trigger movement in faults on the verge.

Preserving ocean species requires protecting entire regions, study shows.