News

  1. Space

    Jupiter takes yet another hit

    For the third time in 16 years, astronomers have documented a collision between Jupiter and a nearby body.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Animals

    Sex, crickets and videotape

    Security cameras focused on insects in the wild are looking at whether lab science has gotten the singing, mating and fighting right.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Humans

    2010 Kavli Prizes awarded

    The 2010 Kavli laureates in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience are named for work on powerful telescopes, neuron chatter molecules, building structures with DNA and a method for moving individual atoms.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    New angle on treating sepsis

    An enzyme that plays a role in the lethal inflammatory disorder may be a suitable drug target, early tests show.