News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision fends off the most common STDs

    Male circumcision prevents some genital herpes and human papillomavirus infections, a study in Ugandan adolescent boys and men shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Space

    Asteroid tracked from space to Earth

    For the first time, researchers followed an asteroid from space to its crash into Earth, providing the opportunity to study an asteroid in a new way.

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  3. Health & Medicine

    Licorice may interfere with certain drugs

    Studies in rats suggest that the active compound in licorice root can promote or hinder the availability of certain drugs.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Animals

    It’s not just his croak

    Male tree frogs with redder vocal sacs prove more popular with females, even at night.