News

  1. Animals

    Right eye required for finding Mrs. Right

    Finches flirt unwisely if they can only use their left eyes.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Chemistry

    Chemical bond shields extreme microbes from poison

    Molecular structure explains how ‘arsenic life’ bacteria instead survive by fishing out phosphate from their surroundings.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Astronomy

    Cohabiting black holes challenge theory

    The observation of two stellar-mass objects in one globular cluster violates existing astrophysical dogma.

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Humans

    Car-crazy kid wins middle school science competition

    First place at Broadcom MASTERS goes to 14-year-old who studied automotive aerodynamics.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Health & Medicine

    Common heart treatment fails to help

    People prescribed beta blockers are no more likely to avoid a heart attack or stroke than those not getting them.