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EarthFiltered air cuts down mutations
Microscopic particles in the air may mutate the DNA of sperm.
By John Travis -
Two egg cells make fatherless mouse
By fusing two egg cells, researchers have created a mouse with no father.
By John Travis -
AstronomyWindy endeavor
In early April, an Earth-orbiting satellite closed its doors after more than 2 years of collecting ions from the solar wind.
By Ron Cowen -
AstronomyDark Doings
A slew of new and proposed experiments, ranging from the cosmic to the subatomic scale, may shed light on why the expansion of the universe is speeding up.
By Ron Cowen -
AnthropologyHumanity’s Strange Face
New fossil finds in a Romanian cave fuel controversy over whether different, closely related species interbred on the evolutionary path that led to people.