News

  1. Anthropology

    Lucy fossil gets jolted upright by Big Man

    Scientists have unearthed a 3.6-million-year-old partial hominid skeleton that may recast the iconic species as humanlike walkers.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Earth

    Even a newborn canyon is big in Texas

    A flood carved a surprisingly large gorge that may help understand features on Earth and Mars.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Space

    Wet past for Red Planet

    An ocean blanketed one-third of Mars about 3.5 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Physics

    Physics in free fall

    Physicists drop supercold atoms down an elevator shaft to see what will happen.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Humans

    For sight-reading music, practice doesn’t make perfect

    Individual memory differences may set upper limits on pianists’ sight-reading skill, regardless of their experience.