News

  1. Anthropology

    ‘Little Foot’ skeleton reveals a brain much like a chimp’s

    An ancient skeleton dubbed Little Foot points to the piecemeal evolution of various humanlike traits in hominids, two studies suggest.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    This protein may help explain why some women with endometriosis are infertile

    Infertile women with endometriosis have a reduced amount of a protein found to be important for establishing pregnancy in mice, a study finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Health & Medicine

    A new app tracks breathing to detect an opioid overdose

    A smartphone app called Second Chance could help save opioid users who shoot up alone.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Cosmology

    A second repeating fast radio burst has been tracked to a distant galaxy

    Astronomers have spotted a second repeating fast radio burst, and it looks a lot like the first.