New materials, printers & designs could yield objects that can assemble themselves and change shape or function on command ...

The countries of central and Eastern Europe are carving their own unique identities in science. By Alison Abbott & Quirin Schiermeier.

Discovery of gravitational waves from the Big Bang may reveal a connection between gravity and quantum mechanics... By Lawrence Krause

For some patients, viruses engineered to kill tumor cells work well. Our task is to build on this success. By Mahoney, Stojdl and Laird

Methane hydrates could solve the world's energy challenge - or make global warming worse. By Lisa Margonelli.

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider gear up to go beyond the standard model of particle physics. By Matthew Chalmers.

Extreme living. After humans arrived in South America, they quickly spread into some of its most remote corners. By Barbara Fraser.

Researchers are racing to breed new traits into the non-diverse coffee crop before it succumbs to its threats. By Hillary Rosner.

Tesla Overreach, by Mark Anderson; Self-Driving Car Passes Driver's Test, by Mark Harris; GM Car Talks to Other Cars, by Philip Ross

Still Evolving (after all these years). For 30,000 years our species has been changing quickly. We're not done yet. By John Hawks