News in Brief

Life

Life

Flowery advertising, tempting toilets for shrews, bat beacons and more in this week’s news.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

Trojan asteroids, black hole interactions and a gargantuan watering hole in this week’s news.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Clear batteries, mucus busters, a 3-D invisibility cloak and more in this week's news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Family ties in memory and breast cancer, plus diagnosing ancient deaths and more in this week’s news.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

Sour news for cranberries, libido-sapping drugs, the social brain and more in this week’s news

Life

Life

Food-storing tayras, stay-at-home finch dads and ant sex scandals in this week's news.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week’s news.

Humans

Humans

Ancient root eaters, copycat games and facing danger together in this week’s news.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Sticky graphene, dried-up coffee, a panda pregnancy test and more in this week’s news.

Earth

Earth/Environment

A killer methane belch, radon-siphoning trees, deep oil-spill science and more in this week’s news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Genes for butterfly wings and maintaining maleness, plus turtles meet their lizard relatives and more in this week’s news.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

Knights’ bodily burden, go-to-sleep nerve cells, rat empathy and more in this week’s news.