News

  1. Life

    Size doesn’t matter for crayfish’s one-two crunch

    Biological deception may give crustaceans an advantage during a fight.

    By Rebecca Cheung
  2. Humans

    Teens win big at science competition

    The top awards in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search go to young scientists working on cancer, innovative sources of energy and behavioral genetics.

    By Devin Powell
  3. Life

    Tracking the viral link to lymphoma

    A mutation in an anticancer gene in the Epstein-Barr virus may account for some of its malignant effect, research shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Psychology

    Pi master’s storied recall

    Remembering more than 60,000 consecutive numbers takes exhaustive practice at spinning yarns.