News

  1. Life

    The yin and yang of male pattern baldness

    The discovery of a hormone-like molecule in the scalp may offer new clues for treating baldness.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Abnormal cells may signal hidden heart risk

    Damage to blood vessel lining shows up in blood tests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Life

    Antibody may explain collagen’s undoing

    A newly discovered process could help account for the destruction that rheumatoid arthritis causes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Life

    Industrial roar changes nearby plant reproduction

    Trees and wildflowers register the effects as animals flee (or not) from grinding engines.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Space

    Titan’s haze is dropping

    Change in elevation of cloudy layer suggests seasonal cycles on Saturn’s moon.