News

Health & Medicine

Smell test may detect autism

A quick sniff test could reveal whether or not a child has autism, but some scientists have doubts.

Animals

Heat turns wild genetic male reptiles into functional females

Genetic male bearded dragons changed to females by overheating in the wild can still breed successfully.

Psychology

Music to just about everyone’s ears

Common elements of music worldwide point to its central role in group cohesion.

Astronomy

Super-Earths are not a good place for plate tectonics

The intense pressures inside super-Earths make plate tectonics less likely, new research suggests.