News

  1. Humans

    Science receives a budget bonanza

    Obama's budget blueprint for fiscal year 2010 delivers large research and development increases, although some rely heavily on the stimulus package, a one-time spending boost.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Archaeology

    Biocides inducing resistance in Lascaux cave’s microbes

    Study makes researchers wonder whether they should treat fungus or not.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Life

    Suppress-the-mob gene found in queen termites

    Gene may help keep workers from illicit, royalty-threatening reproduction.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Space

    Honing the Hubble constant

    Revised value supports finding that dark energy does not vary with time.

    By Ron Cowen
  5. Animals

    Basking sharks head south for winter

    Satellite-tagging data suggest that basking sharks migrate south to the Caribbean in winter.