News

  1. Astronomy

    The Webb space telescope spies its first black holes snacking on stars

    These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many telescopes’ views. That’s not an issue for JWST.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Some U.S. newborns still get HIV despite efforts to screen for it. Here’s why

    Routine tests in the third trimester may catch missed cases and flag the need for treatment that reduces a baby‘s risk of getting HIV to near zero.

    By Sara Novak
  3. Paleontology

    A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Grand Canyon

    A trove of fossils, including a penis worm with a spiked, invertible throat, suggests this spot may have been a cradle of Cambrian evolution.