News

  1. Earth

    Earthquake history recorded in stalagmites

    Where stalagmites start and stop in caves could offer more precise clues about when major earthquakes have hit (and could again hit) the Midwest.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Health & Medicine

    Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries

    Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Physics

    Charging up fuel injection

    A new device uses an electric field to increase cars’ gas mileage.

    By Patrick Barry
  4. Humans

    Genetic link to dyslexia

    Scientists studying a large group of British children find a link between a DNA sequence that contains a gene involved in brain development and a range of reading problems, including dyslexia.