News in Brief

Life

Genes & Cells

A look at how ovarian cancer spreads, plus clues to aging and immune links to cancer in this week’s news.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

The health benefits of wheat and olive oil, plus Down syndrome dementia, a heartbreaking gene and more in this week’s news.

Life

Life

Danger moths get the girls, plus hibernating rabies and duck personalities in this week’s news.

Humans

Humans

War spawns cooperation, plus microloan payoffs, preschool’s benefits and more in this week’s news.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Antimatter in a bottle, superfluid swirls, ladybug poisons and more in this week's news.

Earth

Earth & Environment

Climate change brings a thirstier West and thinner polar bears, plus parsing the sun and moon's effects in this week's news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Extreme sibling rivalry, mitochondrial breakups and tubular cells in this week’s news.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

Fat joins suite of tastes, plus crossword vision, metastasis clues and more in this week’s news.

Tech

Social Networks

Power networks in Congress, Twitter’s crystal ball and iPhone contagion in news from an MIT workshop on information in social media.

Life

Life

Stressed-out bird moms, apes’ memories, stick-wielding parrots and more in this week’s news.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

NASA’s plans to sample an asteroid, good-bye to Spirit rover, Neptune’s spin and more in this week’s news.

Physics

Acoustical Society of America

A new way to cough, music for the deaf, toadfish sonic sabotage and more in meeting news.