News

  1. Dangerous DNA: Genes linked to suicidal thoughts with med use

    Two gene variations mark many patients who develop suicidal thoughts when treated with widely used antidepressants.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Agriculture

    They fertilized with what?

    Fields fertilized with human urine yield bigger cabbages.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Lonely white cells

    In chronically lonely people, white blood cells show abnormal gene activity that may affect health through immune responses.

    By Brian Vastag
  4. Earth

    Iron to blame

    Typhoons that drench Madagascar and spill iron-rich runoff into the Indian Ocean account for that region's massive but sporadic algal blooms.

    By Sarah Williams
  5. Animals

    Tough-guy bluebirds need a frontier

    As western bluebirds recolonize Montana, the most aggressive males move in first, paving the way for milder-mannered dads to take over.