News

  1. Planetary Science

    Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

    The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

    By Ken Croswell
  2. Earth

    Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

    Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Microbes

    Staph bacteria are bad at letting go

    Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. Health & Medicine

    With little proof, Trump links Tylenol to autism and touts a treatment

    The FDA plans to add a warning to Tylenol’s label and OK use of a drug for autism.