News

  1. Neuroscience

    Young rats that use their brain keep more cells alive

    Learning a task helps just-born cells survive in a learning and memory center of the rat brain.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Psychology

    Basketball players richly rewarded for selfishness in playoffs

    Future paychecks trip up teamwork in NBA championship tournament.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Animals

    Bird mimicry lets hustlers keep cheating

    Drongos are false alarm specialists that borrow other species’ warning sounds and freshen up their fraud.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Neuroscience

    Humans can sniff out gender

    A new study adds to controversy of whether people have pheromones.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Health & Medicine

    With help from pig tissue, people regrow muscle

    Noncellular material implanted in patients attracts stem cells to fix injuries.