March 12, 2010
A new study has concluded that Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Organic molecules in Mars meteorites did not originate in alien microbes.
Also in the works: A computer than can tell when you are pissed at it.
The strange Medusae Fossae Formation may be 2 billion years older than previously thought.
Dramatic changes in pressure did not appear to harm hitchhiking mollusks.
A new petition asks to make taxpayer-funded research free to everyone to read. Startups and small businesses would benefit, they say.
NASA's Cassini probe is preparing to tilt its orbit around Saturn dramatically.
According to a study done by MIT, most people smile when frustrated. They have gone on to create a computer program to differentiate between happy smiles and frustrated smiles. This research is done in part to better understand autistic behavior.