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  1. Health & Medicine

    Clean inside those bagpipes — and trumpets and clarinets

    Bagpipes’ moist interiors may be the perfect breeding ground for yeasts and molds.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Cool nerve cells help mice beat heat

    A new study pinpoints fever-busting cells in mice’s brains.

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  3. Earth

    Wave-thumping ‘weather bomb’ storms send elusive S waves through Earth

    A rare type of deep-Earth tremor called an S wave generated by a rapidly strengthening storm could help scientists map the planet’s mantle and core.

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  4. Life

    Lyme bacteria swap ‘catch bonds’ to navigate blood vessels

    Lyme bacteria use same tricks as white blood cells to navigate blood stream.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Computers refine epilepsy treatment

    Surgeons harnessed computers in 1966 to pinpoint source of epilepsy in the brain.

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  6. Genetics

    Thank (or blame) your genes for ability to handle java jolt

    A gene involved in caffeine processing may control coffee consumption.

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  7. Animals

    Warm-up benefit could explain morning birdsong

    Even birds sing better after vocal warm-up, and an evolutionary arms race among rivals might have led to the intensity of the dawn chorus.

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  8. Microbes

    Bacteria display qualities that a mother would love

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses big lessons we can learn from some of Earth's smallest organisms.

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  9. Tech

    Readers respond to terrorism’s roots

    Readers respond to the July 9, 2016, issue of Science News with questions on terrorism, dog evolution and more.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Weapon of bone destruction identified

    Scientists discover myeloma’s secret bone-destroying messenger.

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  11. Astronomy

    Signs of planet detected around sun’s nearest neighbor star

    A planet roughly the size of Earth orbits within the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.

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  12. Climate

    Global warming amplified death toll during 2003 European heat wave

    Climate change caused hundreds of fatalities in London and Paris during the 2003 European heat wave, simulations suggest.

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