News

  1. Life

    Cycads not ‘living fossils’

    Though ancient, today’s representatives of the plant group date back to a common ancestor that lived not all that long ago.

    By Nick Bascom
  2. Life

    Live long, pass it on

    A tendency for a lengthy life can be inherited for several generations, even when offspring no longer have the genes for it.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Psychology

    Learning to walk on err

    Flub-inducing treadmill tasks aid motor learning, with rehab implications.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Health & Medicine

    Malaria vaccine yields protection

    In its first large-scale test, the experimental immunization cuts risk of disease in about half of the children getting it and limits severe infections, researchers report.