News

  1. Humans

    Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research

    BLOG: Highlights of what the president announced to the National Academy of Sciences.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Space

    Most distant known object in the universe

    Astronomers have discovered a gamma-ray burst emanating 13.035 billion light-years from Earth, making it the universe's most distant known object.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Swine flu outbreak likely to continue, officials say

    Even as public health data on the new outbreak change daily, biological information on the mysterious virus remains scant.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Animals

    Caterpillars’ chirp could be scary

    Larvae of great peacock moths might signal that they’ll put up a fight.