News

  1. Earth

    African fossils suggest complex life arose early

    Researchers find evidence that Earth’s earliest multicellular life got going 2.1 billion years ago.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  2. Earth

    Moby Dick meets Jaws

    A recently discovered fossil demonstrates that giant whales weren’t always as gentle as they are today.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Health & Medicine

    Controlling blood sugar may prevent eye problems in diabetes patients

    Careful monitoring of glucose levels and taking drugs to control blood lipids and cholesterol can pay dividends, a large trial finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Space

    Making lemonade with quantum lemons

    Physicists produce “spooky action at a distance,” using a phenomenon that would usually disrupt it.