News

  1. Health & Medicine

    New Carrier: Common tick implicated in spread of fever

    The brown dog tick is capable of spreading the bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Astronomy

    Three’s Company: Asteroid 87 Sylvia and her two moons

    Astronomers have for the first time discovered an asteroid with two moons, an indication that the rock is highly porous.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Electronic Leap: Plastic component may lead to ubiquitous radio tags

    Tiny radio circuits cheap enough to be embedded into countless products have moved closer to reality with the development of a fast, plastic semiconductor diode.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Animals

    Out of the Jungle: New lemurs found in Madagascar’s forests

    Two new species of lemur have been discovered in Madagascar, the only home of these tiny and endangered primates.