News

  1. Anthropology

    Crocs take a bite out of claims of ancient stone-tool use

    Reptiles with big bites complicate claims of Stone Age butchery.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Neuroscience

    Alzheimer’s protein can travel from blood to build up in the brain

    Experiments in mice show Alzheimer’s protein can travel from the blood of an affected mouse to the brain of a healthy animal.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Health & Medicine

    Artificial insulin-releasing cells may make it easier to manage diabetes

    Synthetic cells crafted in the lab could provide a more precise, longer-lasting diabetes treatment.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Animals

    No more than 800 orangutans from this newly identified species remain

    Endangered population of orangutans is the oldest surviving red ape lineage, a new study finds.