News

  1. Space

    Smallest exoplanet yet is found

    Finding a planet just under twice Earth's size puts astronomers closer to discovering an Earth counterpart.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    Gene could matter in bladder cancer

    Among people with a common form of bladder cancer, those with a variant of a certain gene survive twice as long as people with the common version of the gene.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Humans

    Rapid emotional swings could precede violence

    A tool from physics helps link the patterns of psychiatric patients’ symptoms and the likelihood they will commit violent acts.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Space

    Blob may signal monster galaxy feeding

    Researchers have found a giant blob of gas and stars, the fourth most distant object known in the universe.