News

  1. Animals

    First maternal care filmed in squid

    At least one squid species turns out to be a caring mom after all, say researchers who filmed the creatures using remote-control cameras positioned deep in the Pacific Ocean. With Video.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Astronomy

    Gauging Star Birth: Spacecraft uses gamma rays as stellar tracer

    Using radioactive material spewed into space by dying stars, astronomers have measured the star-formation rate in our galaxy over the past few million years.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Earth

    Mass movement

    Two satellites designed to note small changes in Earth's gravitational field detected effects of the magnitude 9.3 earthquake that occurred west of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004.