News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Low-cal longevity questioned

    Limited food intake in rhesus monkeys fails to extend the animals’ survival, in a departure from earlier reports.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Brain learns while you snooze

    Mind can make associations between smells and sounds during sleep.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Humans

    Young scientists make the cut

    With the naming of the 30 finalists, middle school students will vie for top prize in national Broadcom MASTERS competition.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Space

    Exoplanet pair orbits two stars

    The Kepler spacecraft catches two exoplanets around a binary star system, with one planet in the habitable zone.