News

  1. Astronomy

    Glassy galaxies

    Astronomers have found clouds of sand crystals resembling crushed glass around 21 infrared-bright galaxies.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Animals

    Woodpecker video is challenged and defended

    The video released last spring as evidence that the ivory-billed woodpecker exists may show a common pileated woodpecker, some critics say.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Humans

    Science’s New Guard: Winners of annual competition get honors and hefty scholarships

    For her water-quality research project, an 18-year-old from Utah earned top honors among 40 competitors in the final phase of the annual Intel Science Talent Search.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Materials Science

    The art of the fold

    With DNA origami, researchers can make complex nanostructures.