News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Potential pain treatment’s mechanism deciphered

    Scientists have new insight as to how a class of environment-sensing bone marrow cells can help safely relieve pain.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  2. Genetics

    Mutation-disease link masked in zebrafish

    Zebrafish study shows organisms can work around DNA mutations.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Physics

    Swimming bacteria remove resistance to flow

    The collective motion of swimming bacteria can virtually eliminate a water-based solution’s resistance to flow.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Paleontology

    Ancient comb jellies might have had skeletons

    Soft and filmy today, comb jellies might once have had rigid skeletons.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Anthropology

    Monkey’s small brain shows surprising folds

    An ancient monkey’s tiny brain developed folds, raising questions about primate evolution.