News

  1. Astronomy

    Mysterious ‘little red dot’ galaxies have a possible origin story

    Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.

    By Ken Croswell
  2. Genetics

    Genetics reveal the origin story of East Asia’s favorite sweet bean

    The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.

    By Celina Zhao
  3. Earth

    Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old

    If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.