News
- Physics
Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments
The economically vital metals could be mined from the deep sea, Japanese geologists propose.
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- Psychology
Sleeping babies learn in an eyeblink
To learn about spoken words and other sounds, 1-month-old babies sleep on it.
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- Space
Most distant quasar raises questions
Superbright object appeared surprisingly soon after the Big Bang, challenging some theories about how black holes arose.
- Life
Alzheimer’s plaques due to purging flaw
A gene controls the clearance of a protein that accumulates in the brains of people with the condition.
- Earth
BPA makes male mice less macho
Studies show that exposures in the womb or during adolescence can erase masculine habits or reverse sexes' behavior.
- Animals
Lionfish no match for big groupers
Despite its invasive success, the lionfish can't withstand grouper appetites.
- Life
Tasmanian devil genomes offer some hope, few answers
While clues to combating the infectious cancer that's threatening the species remain elusive, the completion of two genetic blueprints reveals a low but stable genetic diversity.
- Humans
Bone may display oldest art in Americas
A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.
- Life
New gene therapy fixes mistakes
For the first time scientists have repaired a damaged gene in a living mouse.
