News

  1. Anthropology

    Stone Age twining unraveled

    Plant fibers excavated at a cave in western Asia suggest that people there made twine more than 30,000 years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Space

    Metamaterials mock the heavens

    Proposed materials offer a way for physicists to study black holes and chaotic planetary orbits in the laboratory.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Astronomy

    New images and spectra from a rejuvenated Hubble

    Newly released images provide graphic evidence that repairs have transformed the Hubble Space Telescope into a brand new observatory.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    The eyes remember

    Eye movements may reveal memories that the hippocampus recalls even when a person isn’t aware of them, a new study shows.