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  1. Life

    Live long, pass it on

    A tendency for a lengthy life can be inherited for several generations, even when offspring no longer have the genes for it.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Psychology

    Learning to walk on err

    Flub-inducing treadmill tasks aid motor learning, with rehab implications.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    Malaria vaccine yields protection

    In its first large-scale test, the experimental immunization cuts risk of disease in about half of the children getting it and limits severe infections, researchers report.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Teen brains’ growing pains

    Testing captures substantial changes in some youths’ IQs and gray matter.