News

  1. Life

    Help, elephants need somebody

    In pull-together tests, pachyderms are on par with chimps in understanding the basics of cooperation.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Physics

    Soot hastens snowmelt on Tibetan Plateau

    Black carbon pollution is a more potent driver of melting in the region than increases in carbon dioxide, a new computer simulation suggests.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    ‘Diabetes Belt’ outlined

    The Deep South and Appalachia show a high prevalence linked to obesity, poor educational achievement and a sedentary lifestyle, a study shows. 

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Space

    The best next space missions

    The National Research Council issues recommendations for planetary science projects that NASA and NSF should fund starting in 2013.