News

  1. Space

    Extraterrestrial chorus heard in radiation belts

    Van Allen probes capture sound of electromagnetic disturbances in Earth’s magnetosphere.

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Health & Medicine

    Smoking hurts teen girls’ bones

    Adolescents who use cigarettes seem to accumulate less bone mineral than those who don’t.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Life

    Contender for world’s oldest dinosaur identified

    An African specimen suggests the lineage may have arisen 15 million years earlier than thought.

    By Tanya Lewis
  4. Astronomy

    Voyager crossing superhighway to solar system exit

    The latest milestone in a 35-year journey may signal an impending passage to interstellar space.

    By Tanya Lewis
  5. Life

    Among bass, easiest to catch are best dads

    Recreational fishing may be inadvertent evolutionary force, favoring cautious fish over better caretakers of the young.