Science

Author Nicholas Wade argues that human genetic differences have played a powerful role in the success and failure of societies

Some species are smarter than five-year-old kids

A Montreal duo wants to know if you can pick a mate based on scent or sound alone

A video of Stanford Professor Andrei Linde learning about his work on cosmic inflation theory goes viral

Neil Turok calls the discovery of ripples in space-time ’absolutely spectacular, if it’s correct.’

Kate Lunau checks out the two robotic technologies that could be coming soon–one cool, one cute

New research could shed light on music’s role in human society

A dispatch from the American Association for the Advancement of Science

And why a failure to immunize every child could lead to an outbreak here

Lessons from one of the world’s most influential scientists