News

  1. Climate

    Carbon dioxide breaking down marine ecosystems

    Scientists capitalize on 'natural’ experiment to chronicle how ecosystems will change as oceans continue to acidify.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Humans

    Scientists probe terrorist talk on ‘Dark Web’

    Mathematical tools can pry secretive terrorist communications in hidden sector of the Internet.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Humans

    Oceans set stage for human evolution

    Temperature changes off the coast dried out East Africa and allowed grasslands to spread starting around 2 million years ago.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Humans

    Harsh conditions in childhood have long-term effects

    Kids from Romanian orphanage also had lower volumes of gray matter.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Genetics

    Crosses make lab mice even more useful

    Scientists have bred new strains of lab animals with the goal of making it easier to tease out genetic components of complex diseases.