News

  1. Health & Medicine

    U.S. measles outbreaks show no signs of slowing down

    This year’s measles cases have blown by 2018’s total, raising the specter that the disease could once more become endemic in the United States.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Climate

    Tiny microplastics travel far on the wind

    Airborne bits of plastic that originated in cities ended up in pristine mountains at least 95 kilometers away, a study finds.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Science & Society

    Why some low-income neighborhoods are better than others

    Levels of violence, incarceration and lead exposure in a neighborhood can predict a low-income child’s future earnings and outcome, a study suggests.

    By Sujata Gupta
  4. Health & Medicine

    NASA’s Twins Study reveals effects of space on Scott Kelly’s health

    Ten research groups studying the twin astronauts found long-term spaceflight can alter a person’s physiology and gene activity.