News

  1. Humans

    The window for learning a language may stay open surprisingly long

    A crucial period for language learning may extend well into teen years, a new study suggests.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Animals

    A deadly frog-killing fungus probably originated in East Asia

    The disastrous form of Bd chytrid fungus could have popped up just 50 to 120 years ago.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Astronomy

    First 3-D map of a gas cloud in space shows it’s flat like a pancake

    An interstellar gas cloud dubbed the Dark Doodad Nebula looks like a wispy, thin cylinder. But it’s actually a flat sheet.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Life

    There’s a genetic explanation for why warmer nests turn turtles female

    Scientists have found a temperature-responsive gene that controls young turtles’ sex fate.