News

  1. Life

    Pregnancy disorder shares aspects with Alzheimer’s

    Misfolded proteins, the hallmark of Alzheimer’s and mad cow diseases, are found in urine of women with preeclampsia.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Neuroscience

    Obese women struggle to learn food associations

    In a lab experiment, women fail to connect color signal with tasty reward, a deficit that may contribute to obesity.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Astronomy

    Voyager may not have entered interstellar space, after all

    Two scientists argue that Voyager 1 space probe is still in solar bubble, despite NASA’s announcements to the contrary.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Plants

    Wine corks may owe quality to gene activity

    Discovery of genes that distinguish superior stoppers from inferior ones could help reverse recent global downturn in quality.