News

  1. Neuroscience

    Football and hockey players aren’t doomed to suffer brain damage

    A comprehensive look at the brains and behavior of retired professional football players and retired hockey players finds no signs of early dementia.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Astronomy

    Astronomers saw the first mass eruption from a star that’s not the sun

    The first coronal mass ejection observed fleeing another star was as massive as scientists expected, but carried less energy.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Genetics

    The first detailed map of red foxes’ DNA may reveal domestication secrets

    Thanks to a newly deciphered genome of red foxes, researchers have pinpointed regions in the animals’ DNA linked to taming them.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Physics

    Strange metals are even weirder than scientists thought

    Some strange metals are odd in more ways than one, and that could help scientists understand high-temperature superconductors.