News

  1. Anthropology

    Chicken of the Sea: Poultry may have reached Americas via Polynesia

    Polynesians may have traveled back and forth to South America more than 600 years ago, introducing chickens to the Americas in the process.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Tech

    Nanotech bubbles

    Creating large-scale, regular arrays of nanoscale components is now almost as easy as blowing bubbles.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  3. Chemistry

    In a Fix: Agricultural chemicals disturb a natural relationship

    Several pesticides can disrupt a partnership that enables certain plants to take up nitrogen by enlisting the help of bacteria.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    Guilt by Association: Whole-genome scans yield disease clues

    In a sweeping demonstration of the power of the new biology, researchers have linked two dozen genetic variations to six major diseases.