| Pets provide us with so much more than entertainment or companionship. In fact, there's a whole field of scientific inquiry called anthrozoology, which purports to investigate the relationships between humans and non-human animals. Click the link above to learn more. BLOG POSTS  | Seth Shostak: Extraterrestrial Habitats: Yet More Good News
Despite any inclination to believe yourself among the brightest bulbs around, new research indicates that even when the universe was considerably younger, there were heavy elements enough to spawn planets that could... spawn life. |  | Hali Felt: What Happened to the Astronauts-to-Be?
During my childhood, when a newly-introduced adult asked a bunch of kids what we wanted to be when we grew up, we would belt out a string of professions that sounded perfectly reasonable to us -- astronaut! artist! archaeologist! -- but outlandish to the adult. |  | Ruth R. Faden: Federal Medical Research Regulations Must Accommodate Modern Medicine
For the first time since they were passed in the 1970s, the federal government is considering making significant modifications to the regulations. One big question is: Should these revisions include ways for research to be better integrated into regular medical care? |  | Donald L. Sparks: Tipping Point
A group of 22 scientists sounded an alarming call to action last week. Their paper in the June 7 issue of Nature, carries the benign-sounding title, "Approaching a State Shift in Earth's Biosphere." But their conclusions are nothing short of a disaster warning. |  | Madeline Schwartzman: In Search of Lost Sound: Mammoth Growls, Scratchy Dolls and Hisses of the Sun
Before you freeze to death in the Tyrolean mountains, consider this: 5000 years from now, if and when you are found, scientists will be able to tell the most personal details about you, even more than we know about Ötzi. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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