News

  1. Animals

    Twin pandas look forward to growth spurts

    The surviving panda twin born at the National Zoo last weekend will undergo DNA tests to discover paternity.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Climate

    Hurricane’s tiny earthquakes could help forecasters

    Hurricane Sandy set off small earthquakes under its eye as it moved up the U.S. East Coast in 2012. The tiny tremors could help researchers track the behavior of future storms, researchers propose.

    By Thomas Sumner
  3. Quantum Physics

    Physicists get answers from computer that didn’t run

    By exploiting the quirks of quantum mechanics, physicists consistently determined what a quantum computer would have done without actually running the computer.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Anthropology

    Chilean desert cemetery tells tale of ancient trade specialists

    Burial site holds clues to ancient trade brokers in Chilean desert.