News

  1. Anthropology

    Lost-and-Found Fossil Tot: Neandertal baby rises from French archive

    The approximately 40,000-year-old skeleton of a Neandertal baby, filed and forgotten in a French museum for nearly 90 years, has been recovered by an anthropologist.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Planetary Science

    Pluto and the Occult: Rare events illuminate Pluto’s atmosphere

    Twice in the past month, astronomers were given a rare opportunity to peer through the tenuous atmosphere of Pluto.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Animals

    Ant Enforcers: To call in punishment, top ant smears rival

    In Brazilian ant colonies where a female has to fight her way to the top, she stays in power through some judicious gang violence.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Stroke Stopper: New vaccine curbs blood vessel damage in lab animals

    A vaccine that desensitizes the immune system to a protein inside blood vessels prevents some strokes in laboratory rats.