Life

Life

DNA switches tied to non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Genetic defects lead to altered activity in other genes.

Tech

Cracked sewers bleed fecal germs

Studies follow leaks into waterways and drinking supplies.

Life

Genes & Cells

Family ties in memory and breast cancer, plus diagnosing ancient deaths and more in this week’s news.

Life

Dolphin may sense the body electric

Organs on the species' snout help it detect faint fields, like those generated by prey.

Life

Life

Food-storing tayras, stay-at-home finch dads and ant sex scandals in this week's news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Genes for butterfly wings and maintaining maleness, plus turtles meet their lizard relatives and more in this week’s news.

Life

A tryst, then the power to resist

House mice in Europe got some of their tolerance for rodenticides from hybridizing with a completely different species

Life

The lion eats tonight …

Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.

Life

Shuffling the genetic deck

Scientists map places where chromosomes mix and match genes.

Life

Life

Slacker fish, carnivorous pitfalls, a dinosaur gap and more in this week’s news.

Life

Genes & Cells

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week’s news.

Microbes

Whether for brains or bacteria, intelligence is all about food