News in Brief
- Earth
World’s largest volcano lurks beneath Pacific Ocean
The dormant behemoth may rival ones on Mars.
- Neuroscience
Video game sharpens up elderly brains
Adults over 60 who played for several hours a month beat untrained 20-year-olds in racing game.
- Health & Medicine
Heart disease patients more apt to take one combined pill than many
Patients stayed on track better with a "polypill" than with three medications.
- Animals
New fungus species found killing salamanders
First there was amphibian killer fungus Bd. Now there's Bs.
- Health & Medicine
Don’t stand so close to me
Personal space has a measurable boundary, a study suggests.
- Earth
Big canyon entombed beneath Greenland’s ice
Newly discovered chasm helps explain island's lack of subglacial lakes.
- Life
Flu antibodies can make disease worse
Pigs vaccinated against one influenza virus got lung damage if infected with another strain.
- Earth
Map tracks path of dust plume from Chelyabinsk meteor
Satellite data capture how the jet stream pushed particles through the planet's atmosphere.
- Life
Bats can carry MERS
DNA of a deadly respiratory virus has been found in a Saudi Arabian mammal.
- Earth
Millions in China at risk of exposure to arsenic-tainted water
Simulation shows possibly contaminated areas and predicts populations at risk.
- Life
Natural antifreeze prevents frogsicles
Sugar and other chemicals keep Alaskan frogs from freezing completely.
- Astronomy
Pictures of young star show unusual outbursts
Ejections from stellar newborn move faster and in different directions than astronomers thought.
