News

  1. Humans

    Weighing risks, convicts display blind spots

    Prisoners often don’t appreciate likely gains or losses in making decisions, a finding with possible policy implications.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Space

    Spacecraft eavesdrops on distant stars

    By listening to sound waves, researchers hope to learn about the age and composition of distant worlds.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Robots can use coffee as a picker-upper

    A gripper made of a bag of loose grains has advantages over grasping devices that use individual digits.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Paleontology

    India yields fossil trove in amber

    Insect remains suggest the continent hosted a surprisingly wide variety of creatures 50 million years ago.