News

  1. Space

    Astrometry nabs an exoplanet

    long-proposed method of searching for extrasolar planets has finally discovered one — a body six times heavier than Jupiter that orbits a dwarf star 20 light-years from Earth.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Tech

    Earliest known sound recordings revealed

    Researchers unveil imprints made 20 years before Edison invented phonograph.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Life

    Phony fighters discovered among fig wasps

    A newly discovered species of fig wasp has a fraction of dishonest guys with big mouthparts.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    Engineered DNA counts it out

    Scientists create a biological system that uses the genetic code to tally up molecular events.