News

  1. Anthropology

    Stone Age Code Red: Scarlet symbols emerge in Israeli cave

    Lumps of red ocher excavated near human graves in an Israeli cave indicate that symbolic thinking occurred at least 90,000 years ago, much earlier than archaeologists have traditionally assumed.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Astronomy

    Out of Hiding: Lost asteroid reappears, bringing surprises

    A long-lost asteroid that came close to Earth in 1937 has been spotted again, and its projected path steers clear of Earth.

    By Kate Ramsayer
  3. Animals

    First Impressions: Early view biases spider’s mate choice

    In a new wrinkle on how females develop their tastes in males, a test has found that young female wolf spiders that see a male's courtship display grow up with a preference for that look in mates.