News

  1. Pigging Out Healthfully: Engineered pork has more omega-3s

    Scientists have created pigs that sport much higher concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids in their tissues than normal pigs do.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Health & Medicine

    XXL from Too Few Zs? Skimping on sleep might cause obesity, diabetes

    Widespread sleep deprivation could partly explain the current epidemics of both obesity and diabetes.

    By Ben Harder

  3. Smarty Brains: High-IQ kids navigate notable neural shifts

    Children with extremely high IQ scores display a distinctive pattern of brain development, characterized by dramatic thickening and then by marked thinning of brain tissue.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Tech

    Corralling Brownian motion

    A new microscope system uses electrically controlled fluid motions to counteract Brownian motion, preventing those random jitters from driving proteins, viruses, and other tiny objects out of the field of view.