News

  1. Climate

    Worst drought in a millennium predicted for central and southwest U.S.

    Comparing reconstructions of past drought conditions with models of future dryness shows that the Central Plains and Southwest U.S. will become the driest in a millennium.

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  2. Animals

    When you’re happy and you show it, dogs know it

    A new test using pictures of halves of human faces challenges dogs’ abilities to read people’s emotions.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    U.S. measles tally for 2015 now at 121 cases

    The 2014–2015 measles outbreak in the United States has now reached people in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

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  4. Life

    The genetic evolution of Darwin’s finches

    A genetic analysis divides Darwin’s finches into more species and uncovers a gene involved in determining beak shape.