News

  1. Planetary Science

    Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a kiss

    When Pluto met Charon, there was an instant connection, new simulations suggest.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Neuroscience

    The unique neural wiring of the human hippocampus may maximize memory

    Living tissue from the memory centers of people’s brains reveals sparse nerve cell connections that provide strong, reliable signaling between cells.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  3. Space

    NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun

    The solar probe came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun and lived to tell the tale.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Animals

    American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska

    Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.