News

  1. Paleontology

    Bacteria may play big role in forming fossils

    Bacteria can build a biofilm that preserves a tissue's structure.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Life

    Protein crucial in preventing Parkinson’s

    By destroying bad mitochondria, Parkin protects cells

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Space

    First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet

    Moving one step closer to finding the fingerprints of life in a habitable planet beyond the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Brain reorganizes to make room for math

    New research suggests that, as children learn arithmetic, the brain reorganizes dramatically as it shifts from handling only estimates of quantities to attaching precise quantities to symbolic numerals.