News

  1. Earth

    Carbonation brings diamonds to surface

    Chemical reactions deep inside the Earth fuel magma’s gem-laden upward journey.

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Life

    Boas take pulse as they snuff it out

    Snakes use the waning throb in their prey as a signal to stop squeezing.

    By Devin Powell
  3. Psychology

    Babies lip-read before talking

    Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Life

    Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

    Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Physics

    String theorists squeeze nine dimensions into three

    A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.