News

  1. Chemistry

    Busted bonds

    The tenacious bonds between two carbon atoms can be broken in a surprisingly simple process.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Anthropology

    Capuchins resist inbreeding chances

    Wild capuchin monkeys manage to avoid inbreeding, despite rampant opportunities for high-status fathers to mate with their grown daughters.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Astronomy

    Glassy galaxies

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

    By Ron Cowen
  4. 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
  5. 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.