Notebook

  1. Animals

    These record-breaking tube worms can survive for centuries

    Deep-sea tube worms can live decades longer than their shallow-water counterparts.

    By Maria Temming
  2. Animals

    How spiders mastered spin control

    Scientists reveal a new twist on the unusual properties of spider silk.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Science & Society

    To combat cholera in Yemen, one scientist goes back to basics

    As the cholera epidemic rages on in war-torn Yemen, basic hygiene is the first line of defense.

    By Cassie Martin
  4. Planetary Science

    What Curiosity has yet to tell us about Mars

    Curiosity has revealed a lot about Mars in the last five years.