News

  1. Earth

    Some volcanic hot spots may have a surprisingly shallow heat source

    Mysterious hot spots of volcanic activity in the interior of tectonic plates just got a little stranger.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Science & Society

    Why do some people succeed when others fail? Outliers provide clues

    A close look at outliers — people or communities that defy expectations — reveals what could be.

    By Sujata Gupta
  3. Physics

    Antiprotons show no hint of unexpected matter-antimatter differences

    The ratio of electric charge to mass for protons mirrors that of their antimatter counterparts.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Health & Medicine

    ‘Blastoids’ made of stem cells offer a new way to study fertility

    Newly created “blastoids” could help with research on nonhormonal contraceptives and fertility treatments.