News

  1. Health & Medicine

    For preemies, less is more

    Multiple courses of steroid treatment for mom could harm premature babies.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    EPA should test demasculinizing pollutants collectively, NRC says

    Cumulative effects of phthalates and related compounds likely larger than effects measured one chemical at a time, reports a National Research Council panel.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Life

    Dinosaur day care dads

    A new study shows some male dinosaurs may have been the primary caretakers of their young.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Humans

    Primates get a neural facial

    New brain-imaging studies indicate that similar brain areas coordinate face recognition in people, chimpanzees and macaque monkeys, suggesting that a face-sensitive brain system evolved early in primate evolution.