News

  1. Genetically Driven: Mutation shows up in binge eaters

    Overweight binge eaters are more likely to harbor a genetic mutation that disrupts brain signals governing satiety than are people of normal weight.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Physics

    Muon Manna? Particle shower may spotlight loose nukes

    Radiation from space may help border guards spot loose nukes stowed in shipping containers.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Paleontology

    Was T. rex just a big freeloader?

    A new study suggests that an ecosystem like today’s African savanna could provide sufficient carrion to nourish a scavenger the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Animals

    Ants lurk for bees, but bees see ambush

    A tropical ant has perfected the un-antlike behavior of hunting by ambush, but its prey, a sweat bee, has developed some tricks of its own.