News

  1. Earth

    Fluid injection triggers earthquakes indirectly, study finds

    An up-close look at artificially triggered quakes suggests that tremors start slow and smooth.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Life

    A protein variant can provide protection from deadly brain-wasting

    If cannibalism hadn’t stopped, a protective protein may have ended kuru anyway.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Anthropology

    Modern-day trackers reinterpret Stone Age cave footprints

    African trackers help researchers interpret ancient human footprints in French caves.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Anthropology

    Human laugh lines traced back to ape ancestors

    Chimps make laughing faces that speak to evolution of human ha-ha’s.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Archaeology

    Bronze Age humans racked up travel miles

    A new study indicates long journeys and unexpected genetic links in Bronze Age Eurasian cultures.