News

  1. Life

    Giraffe’s long neck linked to its genetic profile

    Giraffes’ genes may reveal how their necks grew long and hearts got strong.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Scientists wrestle with possibility of second Zika-spreading mosquito

    It’s hard to say yet whether Asian tiger mosquitoes will worsen the ongoing Zika outbreak in the Americas.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Anthropology

    ‘Slam-dunk’ find puts hunter-gatherers in Florida 14,500 years ago

    Finds at an underwater site put people in Florida a surprisingly long time ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Earth

    Remnants from Earth’s birth linger 4.5 billion years later

    Shaken, not stirred: Tungsten isotopes reveal that mantle convection has left some remnants of ancient Earth untouched for 4.5