News

  1. Health & Medicine

    News Briefs: Body & Brain

    How deaf people process other senses, a gene variant that protects against Alzheimer's, and special cells that wrap and feed neural extensions

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    Ecstasy may cause memory problems

    New users of club drug do worse than nonusers on one recall test.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Earth

    Stronger storms may destroy ozone

    Extra water vapor churned high into the atmosphere by climate change–fueled tempests could trigger destructive chemical reactions.

    By Devin Powell
  4. Chemistry

    Terminator termites have unique technique

    Age intensifies likelihood of workers turning into tiny suicide bombers.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Humans

    Maiden shows signs of TB-like infection

    Molecular analysis yields clues about the immune system activity of a probable sacrificial victim.