Science week in review: vans get wings, the brain-pelvis interaction, and darkness decays

Aerodynamics, irrigation, self-replicating molecules, and the possible return of the mammoth loomed large in the world of science this week. Read More...

The week in science: sick bats, steering light, and antimatter gone MIA

Researchers use carbon nanotubes for fiber optics, silver snowflakes for invisibility, and look for signs that humanity has triggered a new geological era. It's all in a week's worth of science.Read More...

Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter

Blasting a gold target with high-powered lasers creates huge amounts of antimatter, reported scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at a conference last week.

Could a hot air balloon help map Saturn moon?

Athena Coustenis, an astrophysicist and planetologist with the Paris Observatory, is helping draft a plan to send a hot air balloon to Titan, as well as an orbiting spacecraft and a surface probe.

Gundam cartoon academy to open in Japan

For most universities around the world illegal meteor-mining, politically explosive space colonies and wars waged between teenagers in robot battle suits are treated as the stuff of pure fantasy.

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Perspectives on the remake

Ars took part in the pre-launch events for the upcoming remake of the sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and we report on the new movie and on a panel discussion involving the actors and some Caltech scientists.Read More...