News

  1. Space

    A special place

    Two proposed studies might determine whether dark energy is real or humans live in a special place in the cosmos

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  2. Lost and found

    Former child soldiers in Africa often adjust well to community life if they receive group rehabilitation and community acceptance, studies indicate

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  3. Life

    Duckbill decoded

    With a mix of reptilian, bird and mammalian features, the duck-billed platypus genome looks as strange as the animal.

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  4. Humans

    Slowpoke settlers

    Evidence suggests New World settlers slowly moved down the Pacific Coast and inhabited southern Chile by 14,000 years ago.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Smart microbes

    Bacteria are smarter than you might think.