News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Keep at it

    Moderate exercise can extend survival for overweight and obese men who have diabetes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Astronomy

    Otherworldly triple play

    Astronomers have discovered the first known system of three superEarths beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Astronomy

    Visions of dirt

    Phoenix Lander gets first close-up of Martian soil.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Astronomy

    Not a ripple

    Another null result for gravitational waves. But findings from LIGO still reveal new information about the Crab Pulsar.

    By Ashley Yeager
  5. Archaeology

    Resurrection of a biblical tree

    Date palm pit found at Masada sprouts at age 2,000, becoming the oldest known seed to germinate.