News

  1. Life

    Scientists watch as bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance

    A giant petri dish exposes the evolutionary dynamics behind antibiotic resistance.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Earth

    Where the young hot Earth cached its gold

    A simulation of the infant Earth provides a new view of how the iron-loving precious metals ended up buried deep in the planet’s core.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Life

    Fossils hint at India’s crucial role in primate evolution

    Ancient fossils from coal mine in India offer clues to what the common ancestor of present-day primates might have looked like.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Paleontology

    Preteen tetrapods identified by bone scans

    Roughly 360 million years ago, young tetrapods may have schooled together during prolonged years as juveniles in the water.