News

  1. Space

    Core of the galaxy in high-res

    New high-resolution mosaic sharpens understanding of Milky Way’s turbulent center.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    Bone-growth drugs may increase jaw disease risk

    New study finds link between common drug and jawbone death.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Humans

    Stone Age tools go south

    Diamond-mining pits have yielded stone artifacts old enough to suggest that hand axe production started 1.6 million years ago in southern Africa, not just in eastern Africa.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Health & Medicine

    Fewer dopamine receptors makes for risky business 

    Brain-scanning study in people sees link between personality, dopamine system.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Health & Medicine

    Disturbed sleep tied to Parkinson’s risk

    People who have a disorder that causes them to thrash and kick during sleep face a high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or other neurodegenerative disorders.