News

  1. Animals

    How dingoes got down under

    DNA analysis suggests that Australia got its famous dingoes from a very few dogs brought along with people fanning out from East Asia some 5,000 years ago.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Tech

    A new deep-sea submersible

    Scientists have announced a 4-year, $21.6-million design-and-construction effort to replace the aging research submersible Alvin.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Materials Science

    Warm Reflections: Window tint kicks in when it’s hot

    A novel window coating automatically transforms into a heat mirror only when warmed above room temperature.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Earth

    Early Shift: North Sea plankton and fish move out of sync

    As ocean temperatures in the North Sea have warmed in recent decades, the life cycles of some species low in the food chain have accelerated significantly, sometimes wreaking ecological havoc.