News

  1. Planetary Science

    Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active ever since it was born

    An analysis of the moon’s atmospheric composition suggests that it has been spewing sulfur for roughly 4.6 billion years.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  2. Archaeology

    A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens' travels to China

    A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or Denisovans.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Neuroscience

    Tiny treadmills show how fruit flies walk

    A method to force fruit flies to move shows the insects’ stepping behavior and holds clues to other animals’ brains and movement.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Animals

    Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater

    After some bumblebee queens were accidentally submerged in water and survived, researchers found them to be surprisingly tolerant of flooding.