News
- Life
Morse Toad: When amphibians tap their toes
Toe wiggling creates motions, vibrations that get potential prey moving.
- Earth
Stalagmite is scribe for monsoons, society
Cave formation has recorded monsoon strength in China since the third century.
- Humans
Food allergy advice may be peanuts
Early exposure to peanuts in a baby’s diet seems to lessen the risk of developing a peanut allergy later.
- Psychology
A genetic pathway to language disorders
Researchers suspect a newly uncovered regulatory link between two genes contributes to language impairments in a range of developmental disorders.
- Chemistry
First complete cancer genome sequenced
With the entire genome sequence of a tumor now in hand, scientists may be able to start answering basic questions about cancer.
