News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ominous signals: Genes may identify the worst breast cancers

    By using a technology that reveals patterns of gene activity in tumor cells, researchers can detect breast cancers that are likely to spread and become deadly.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Drink and thrive: Moderate alcohol use reduces dementia risk

    Alcohol appears to reduce aging drinkers' risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related dementia.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Ecosystems

    Genetic lynx: North American lynx make one huge family

    A new study of lynx in North America suggests the animals interbreed widely, sometimes with populations thousands of kilometers away.

    By John Pickrell
  4. Astronomy

    Some new stars in the neighborhood

    As part of an ongoing survey of faint stars in the southern skies, astronomers have discovered 12 previously unknown stars that lie within a mere 33 light-years of Earth.