News

  1. Life

    Microbes flourish at deepest ocean site

    At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, eleven kilometers down, bacteria prosper despite crushing pressure and isolation.

    By Puneet Kollipara
  2. Life

    Shorter-winged swallows evolve around highways

    In survey along Nebraska roads, number of birds killed by cars has plummeted over 30 years.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Bee venom component might offer HIV protection

    A toxin delivered by nanoparticles stops the virus in a lab study.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Planetary Science

    Distant planets’ atmospheres revealed

    Telescopes get first direct glimpse of gases on exoplanets.

    By Erin Wayman
  5. Humans

    Disputed finds put humans in South America 22,000 years ago

    Brazilian site may have been home to people before the Clovis hunters.