News

  1. Life

    Delay of bloom blamed on climate change

    Flowers that appear immune to global warming in spring may simply be taking a cue from the previous warmer autumn.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Long-acting contraceptives best by far

    Implants and IUDs outperform the pill, vaginal ring and patch as birth control options, a study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Life

    No new smell cells

    Other mammals constantly create new olfactory neurons as they learn new smells, but a new study suggests humans don’t.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Planetary Science

    Frosted honeycomb of a moon

    New analyses of Cassini images reveal ice on the pockmarked Saturnian satellite Hyperion.