News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Folate cuts family risk of colon cancer

    According to a 16-year study of nearly 90,000 women, the vitamin folate has a protective effect against colon cancer among women whose families have been affected by the disease.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Earth

    Motion of ice across Lake Vostok revealed

    New measurements of the movement of the Antarctic ice sheet across a lake that harbors microbial life beneath 4 kilometers of ice could help scientists determine where to drill to get the freshest samples of frozen water without contaminating the lake.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Ecosystems

    Climate Upsets: Big model predicts many new neighbors

    The biggest effects of climate change during the next 50 years may not be extinctions but major reshuffling of the species in local communities.