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  1. Animals

    Chimps wear personalities on their mugs

    Humans can assess the dominance of their close evolutionary relatives by glancing at the apes’ expressionless faces.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Chemistry

    Wee work-around lets microbes thrive

    Some crafty, salt-loving cells use stolen equipment for processing a key cellular building block.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Psychology

    Kids’ friendships sometimes illusory

    A substantial minority of third to sixth graders think they're tight with a classmate who actually dislikes them.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine against cocaine makes headway

    Injections gin up antibodies in mice that limit the drug's effects, a new study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Life

    Plastic-lined nests keep rivals at bay

    A tangle of shopping bag scraps tells black kites in a Spanish national park that another bird’s home is not to be messed with.