Articles by Karen Kaplan

Science historian Dan Lewis opened the green cloth cover of “The Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin’s classic work on evolutionary biology, and flipped to Page 20. Read more

Turning your clock back one hour on Sunday for the end of daylight saving time could do your own ticker some good. Read more

Contrary to the long-standing image of female bonobos as the peaceful matriarchs of their species, scientists have observed the creatures capturing, killing and eating young monkeys in the lowland evergreen forests of Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more

Scientists have converted cells from human testes into stem cells that grew into muscle, nerve cells and other kinds of tissue, according to a study published Wednesday in the online edition of Nature. Read more

“Who will be the best president for America in a science-dominated world?” Read more

Science Debate 2008 – an effort spearheaded by a half-dozen voters concerned about the state of American science – posed 14 questions to the major parties’ presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Read more

The Food and Drug Administration today opened the way for a bevy of genetically engineered salmon, cows and other animals to leap from the laboratory to the marketplace, unveiling an approval process that would treat the modified creatures like drugs. Read more

Despite the prospect of three major tropical storms heading toward the Southeastern United States, meteorologists say that the conga-line assault is not particularly unusual in the stormy history of the region. Read more

Injecting a cocktail of proteins directly into the bodies of diabetic mice, researchers have converted normal pancreas cells into insulin-producing cells – a genetic transformation that could pave the way for treating intractable diseases and injuries using a patient’s own supply of healthy tissue. Read more