News

  1. Neuroscience

    New ways to image and control nerve cells could unlock brain mysteries

    Methods that target single nerve cells in mice and fruit fly brains are starting to tease apart the brain’s complexity.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    Overdose deaths tied to antianxiety drugs like Xanax continue to rise

    Benzodiazepines, widely used but addictive drugs to treat anxiety and insomnia, are contributing to a growing number of overdose deaths.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Animals

    This rediscovered Bolivian frog species survived deadly chytrid fungus

    Scientists recently rediscovered a frog species in Bolivia that hasn’t been seen in 10 years — and it could be used to better understand a frog-killing fungus.