News

  1. Bee Concerned: Big study—Selective pollinators are declining

    A new study provides evidence of a decline among some of Europe's insect pollinators and the wild plants that need them.

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  2. Physics

    Terrific Timekeeper: Optical atomic clock beats world standard

    An innovative atomic clock is more precise than the breed of clocks that's been the best for 50 years.

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  3. Earth

    Global warming heats up nursery of hurricanes

    Sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean reached record highs last year.

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  4. Earth

    Alaskan coral beds get new protection

    To protect cold-water corals, huge areas of Alaskan waters will be off limits to trawls and other fishing gear that typically scrape the seafloor.