News

  1. Microbes

    Gulf floor fouled by bacterial oil feast

    Observations may explain the widespread mortality of sediment-dwelling animals.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Genetics

    Some genes like it hot

    Some regional DNA differences may be due to climate, global surveys suggest.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Psychology

    Bilingual babies cue in to languages

    Babies exposed to two native tongues gain an early advantage in recognizing different languages.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Humans

    Sweeps weak in human evolution

    Contrary to conventional wisdom, the rapid spread of beneficial mutations has been relatively rare in the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a new study shows.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    Packing away the poison

    A genetic adaptation in a Hudson River fish species allows it to simply store toxic pollutants in its fat.