News

  1. Life

    You have grandpa’s chromosome tips

    Older fathers pass more gene-protecting DNA to their paternal grandkids.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Physics

    The electric flour voltage test

    Granular materials give off a zap just before slipping, a finding with potential implications for sensing the starts of silo disasters or earthquakes.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Life

    Invasive mite worsens honeybee viruses

    Once-obscure deformed wing virus swept to prominence in honeybee colonies in Hawaiian islands as invasive pest arrived.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    Microbes flourish under Arctic sea ice

    Oceanographic expedition surprised to find photosynthetic microorganisms thriving under frozen surface.

    By Devin Powell
  5. Space

    Some newfound planets are something else

    A re-evaluation of the Kepler mission’s data suggests one in three hot giant orbs it discovered is actually another kind of object.