News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Anesthesia steals consciousness in stages

    Brains regions that are synchronized when awake stop communicating as monkeys drift off.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Physics

    Scientists throw a curve at knuckleball explanation

    Wildly swerving pitches may be the result of a phenomenon known as a “drag crisis”

    By Emily Conover
  3. Genetics

    ‘Junk DNA’ has value for roundworms

    Some “junk DNA” may be necessary to keep genes active.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Science & Society

    GM mosquitoes succeed at reducing dengue, company says

    GM mosquito releases in Brazil have helped cut dengue cases 91 percent in a year.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Genetics

    Seeing the upside in gene drives’ fatal flaw

    Gene drives’ fatal flaw could be a bonus.