News

  1. Alzheimer’s mystery protein unmasked

    A protein linked to Alzheimer's disease may help young people forget, too.

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  2. Plants

    Attack of the skinny tomato

    An extra copy of one gene slims down tomatoes.

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  3. Humans

    Tomorrow’s Stars: Intel Science Talent Search honors high achievers

    The Intel Science Talent Search announced its winners at a gala dinner honoring the competition's 40 finalists.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Dual Role: Painkiller may affect brain

    A class of drugs being developed to block pain could obstruct memory formation as well.

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  5. Anthropology

    Small Wonders: Tiny islanders elevate ‘hobbit’ debate

    The discovery in two South Pacific caves of bones from an extinct group of half-size humans has fueled the already heated scientific debate over the evolutionary identity of so-called hobbit remains from Indonesia.