News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Tasmanian devils evolve resistance to contagious cancer

    Tasmanian devils are evolving resistance to a deadly contagious cancer.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Anthropology

    Fossil autopsy claims Lucy fell from tree

    A contested study suggests a famous fossil ancestor plunged to her death.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Physics

    Bacteria-sized molecules created in lab

    Cesium atoms with high-energy electrons pair up to form giant molecules.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Planetary Science

    Venus once possibly habitable, study suggests

    Venus might have once been habitable and home to a shallow ocean.

    By Christopher Crockett
  5. Neuroscience

    Cool nerve cells help mice beat heat

    A new study pinpoints fever-busting cells in mice’s brains.