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Health & MedicineShots stop allergic reactions to venom
An immune therapy prevents allergic reactions to the sting of the jack jumper ant, a pest common to Australia.
By Nathan Seppa -
PhysicsLight rambles through room-temperature ruby
Researchers have dramatically slowed light within a solid at room temperature.
By Peter Weiss -
Words Get in the Way
New studies explore people's tendency to have trouble recalling faces or other hard-to-describe perceptions after giving verbal accounts of them, with an eye toward improving police interviewing techniques with crime eyewitnesses.
By Bruce Bower -
Happy Anniversary
In the 50 years since the discovery of DNA's double helix structure, scientists have developed striking new ways to visualize the molecule.