News

  1. Tech

    Tiny rockets may advance minisatellites

    A new type of miniaturized rocket may bring microspacecraft one step closer to reality.

    By John Pickrell
  2. Health & Medicine

    Drug cuts risk of seizures in pregnancy

    An inexpensive drug treatment lessens the risk of seizures that sometimes strike and even kill women during pregnancy or immediately after delivery.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Animals

    Marine Mules: Near-sterile hyrids boost coral diversity

    Reef corals that spawn in great mixed-up soups of many species may be maintaining their diversity because their hybrids are sterile mules.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Hemispheric Cross Talk: Brains show two sides of language function

    Some people coordinate language use with both sides of their brains, allowing them to retain verbal skills after damage to one side or the other.