Feature

  1. Microbes

    Team spirit

    Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.

    By Susan Gaidos
  2. Earth

    For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few … Geoneutrinos

    By Diana Steele
  3. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain: Science news of the year, 2008

    Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Body & Brain. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.

    By Science News
  4. Science & Society

    2008: Science news of the year

    Science News editors and writers survey the top news from the world of science in 2008.