News

  1. Archaeology

    A king’s final hours, told by his mortal remains

    The skeleton of Richard III reveals a violent and chaotic end for a controversial English monarch.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Space

    Supernova’s death throes revealed

    In archival images, astronomers see giant star’s activity in weeks before supernova.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Earth

    Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes Solomon Islands

    Temblor is the largest in a month of seismic activity on Australian-Pacific plate boundary.

    By Erin Wayman
  4. Health & Medicine

    Link between obesity and vitamin D clarified

    People carrying gene variants tied to weight are also prone to deficiency of the sun-derived nutrient, but not vice versa.