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  1. Planetary Science

    Titan may harbor underground ocean

    Observations by the Cassini spacecraft hint that Saturn's smog-shrouded moon Titan may harbor a global ocean of water and ammonia 100 kilometers below its surface.

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  2. Tech

    Power from heat

    A more efficient material that converts heat into electricity could make a new kind of solar panel possible.

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  3. Fingerprinting fugitive microbes

    A new computational tool can identify engineered bacteria by finding the genetic "fingerprints" that distinguish altered bacteria from natural ones.

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  4. Crustacean shuffle

    A twisted joint might have made all the difference to scurrying crabs as they diverged from their clunky lobsterlike brethren.