News

  1. Psychology

    Too little money, too much borrowing

    A contested study suggests that poverty contracts attention and detracts from financial decisions.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Life

    Extensive bird family tree rewrites some history

    Unexpected pattern of evolution found across hemispheres.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Monkeys keep the beat without outside help

    Nerve cells in the brain may regulate a precise sense of internal time-keeping.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Earth

    How the Frankenstorm came to life

    Hurricane Sandy’s humble birth and growth into a monster storm hold lessons for forecasters.

    By Alexandra Witze
  5. Life

    Across 1,000 genomes, rarities abound

    Number of infrequent genetic variants reflects human population explosion and geographic diversity.