News

  1. Earth

    Antimosquito coils release toxic fumes

    Researchers have measured several pollutants in smoke emitted from so-called mosquito coils, which people burn at night to fend off insects.

    By Ben Harder

  2. Adults’ brains show temperamental side

    Using brain-imaging techniques, psychologists have identified possible neural locations underlying shyness or gregariousness.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Plants

    Crop genes diffuse in seedy ways

    A study of sugar beets in France suggests that genes may escape to wild relatives through seeds accidentally transported by humans rather than through drifting pollen.

    By Susan Milius

  4. Let there be light

    Ultraviolet light may have favored, not hindered, the creation of RNA on early Earth.