News

  1. Animals

    ‘Forever chemicals’ are causing health problems in some wildlife

    Deformed scales in hatchlings and biomarkers indicative of disease progression are two health impacts on turtles at PFAS-polluted sites in Australia.

    By Danielle Beurteaux
  2. Health & Medicine

    AI helps doctors detect more breast cancer in the largest real-world study

    AI is as good as clinicians at interpreting mammograms, a cancer study with nearly 500,000 participants in Germany suggests.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  3. Animals

    Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms

    A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

    By Amanda Heidt
  4. Planetary Science

    Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a kiss

    When Pluto met Charon, there was an instant connection, new simulations suggest.