News

  1. Earth

    Trailing dust devils

    Whirlwinds leave dark paths behind by sucking sand grains clean.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Life

    Genetics redraws marsupial family tree

    A new analysis traces the group’s origin to South America.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  3. Materials Science

    Erasing wrinkles, the physicists’ way

    Researchers study how folds and other creases disappear.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Space

    Two is the magic number

    New experiments confirm a fundamental postulate of quantum mechanics.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Earth

    Researchers create global map of tree height

    A new map shows forest height around the globe and will improve estimates of how much carbon is stored in trees.