News

  1. Physics

    Bitty Beacon: Wee disks probe materials at microscales

    Illuminated by lasers, disks no larger than red blood cells can project rotating beams bright enough to create a light show in a darkened room.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.