News

  1. 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
  2. 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.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Animals

    This bug’s all-in helicopter parenting reshaped its eggs

    An egg-shape trend found among birds shows up in miniature with very protective bug parents. Elongated eggs fit more compactly under mom.