Earth

  1. Life

    Fossils show signs of earliest burrowing

    Worms’ seafloor tunneling more than a half-billion years ago could have stirred up evolutionary forces.

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  2. Earth

    Venice falling

    Compacting soil means the flood-prone city continues to sink.

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  3. Life

    The farther the better for corals after oil spill

    Deepwater organisms may be slow to recover from Gulf accident.

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  4. Humans

    Growth-promoting antibiotics: On the way out?

    Sixty-two years later — to the day — after Science News ran its first story on the growth-promoting effects of antibiotics, a federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to resume efforts to outlaw such nonmedical use of antibiotics.

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  5. Life

    Industrial roar changes nearby plant reproduction

    Trees and wildflowers register the effects as animals flee (or not) from grinding engines.

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  6. Earth

    Nanopollutants change blood vessel reactivity

    Tiny particles alter normal vessel functions, animal studies show.

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  7. Earth

    Volcanoes’ message to airplanes: Ash-filled skies are not so friendly

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  8. Earth

    Greek volcano reawakens

    Potential eruption wouldn’t be anything like Santorini’s storied Bronze Age blowout, scientists say.

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  9. Life

    Mild winters may shift spread of mosquito-borne illness

    By pushing insects to start biting mammals earlier in the year, warmer cold months could increase the transmission of a brain virus affecting people and horses.

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  10. Earth

    Fault’s twists may shake up earthquake forecasts

    Deep angles along the southern San Andreas mean future temblors may be stronger than predicted.

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  11. Life

    When giant fleas roamed

    Fossils show ancient insects grew as long as 2 centimeters.

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  12. Life

    Sardine fishery may be in peril

    Cool ocean cycle, population slide evoke collapse of Pacific resource in the late 1940s.

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