News

  1. Psychology

    Psychopaths get time off for bad brains

    In a survey, judges tended to say they would reduce sentences for criminals defended with biological evidence.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Tech

    Chameleon-like robot can change hue

    Dye-filled microchannels help machine blend in, or stick out.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Space

    Giant cluster phenomenally fertile

    Stars form at an impressive rate thanks to a snoozing black hole at the center of the massive object.

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Health & Medicine

    Brain’s hidden sewers revealed

    Specialized cells host a hitherto unknown cleansing system.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Planetary Science

    Dawn mission to die another day

    A glitch does not threaten the spacecraft’s survival, but it will delay an upcoming visit to the dwarf planet Ceres.