News

  1. Humans

    Election night numbers can signal fraud

    Wealth of high-turnout blowouts in Russia’s 2011 parliamentary contest strongly suggests ballot stuffing, an analysis concludes.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Climate

    Amazon may become greenhouse gas emitter

    South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

    By Devin Powell
  3. Life

    Boxwood blight invades North America

    The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Humans

    Junk food in schools gets weighty reprieve

    Disputed data suggest that non-nutritious eats sold on-site don’t fatten kids.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Health & Medicine

    Mineral quashes deadly bacterial poisons

    Manganese supplement might someday help counter a virulent form of E.