News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Statin substitutes go beyond drawing board

    A new generation of cholesterol-lowering drugs might help people who can’t take the usual pills or who don’t benefit adequately from them.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    New pathway proposed for ancient flood

    Meltwaters off the northwestern part of Canada’s ice sheet would have shut down the ocean’s heat circulation 13,000 years ago.

    By Erin Wayman
  3. Health & Medicine

    Heart bypass surgery outperforms stents in diabetics

    Among patients getting multiple coronary blockages cleared, those assigned to surgery fared better.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Space

    Astronomers spot leftover light from ancient stars

    Ancient photons leave their mark in high-energy radiation from powerful galaxies.