News

  1. Humans

    Calling all clues …

    Add flip-open cell phones to the list of crime-scene items that might harbor a suspect's DNA.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Earth

    Some corals buffered from warming

    Corals in the western Pacific have escaped bleaching linked to rising ocean temperatures.

    By Ewen Callaway
  3. Humans

    Encyclopedia of Life starts online—at times

    The project to create an online Encyclopedia of Life with a Web page for every species has taken its first, baby steps. The free-access, scientifically vetted encyclopedia, headquartered at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., opened its first portal to preliminary Web pages (www.eol.org) Feb. 26. Some 11 million hits in the first few hours […]

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Raising doubts about Crohn’s treatment

    The conventional drug regimen prescribed for people with Crohn’s disease might not be the best strategy, a new study shows.