News

  1. Animals

    Vampires Run: Bats on treadmills show high-speed gait

    The first test of vampire bats on a treadmill shows that they've evolved their own style of running.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Earth

    Nano Hazards: Exposure to minute particles harms lungs, circulatory system

    Inhaling microscopic nanospheres and nanotubes, as might occur during their manufacture or commercial use, could trigger damage well beyond the lungs.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Planetary Science

    Saturn says ‘cheese’

    Astronomers have assembled the largest and most-detailed global portrait of the ringed planet ever made.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Chemistry

    Parrot plumage has exclusive pigmentation

    The spectacular colors of parrot feathers owe their vibrancy to a set of pigments found nowhere else in nature.