News

  1. Humans

    Language learning may begin before birth

    Newborns show signs of having tracked moms’ speech while still in the womb.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Chemistry

    Hottest temperature ever measured is a negative one

    Ultracold gas sets record on the kelvin scale.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Space

    New Martian meteorite is one of a kind

    Rock is water-rich and resembles observed regions of Red Planet’s crust.

    By Tanya Lewis
  4. Health & Medicine

    Inactivated virus shows promise against HIV

    Some patients getting an experimental vaccine therapy developed immunity.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Space

    Planets and their sun grow together

    Radio telescopes reveal how nascent bodies funnel gas to their parent star.