All Stories
- Astronomy
Gaia spacecraft launches to map Milky Way
The ESA spacecraft blasted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:12 am EST.
- Neuroscience
Parkinson’s patients drive better with brain stimulation
Patients make fewer errors with a little help from implanted electrodes, at least on a computer.
- Neuroscience
Narcolepsy may be an autoimmune disease
Narcolepsy occurs when wayward immune forces launch an attack on brain cells responsible for wakefulness, a new study suggests.
- Psychology
Barcelona soccer team’s 2009 wins led to slight baby boom
In Bages, birth rates rose 16 percent, but in Barcelona they only increased 1.2 percent.
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- Microbes
MRSA strain swiped skin bacteria genes to survive
A common strain of the dangerous microbe may be a wolf in sheep's clothing.
- Animals
New species of tapir found in the Amazon
A sixth species of the large, snouted mammal was hiding in plain sight, well known by indigenous people.
- Life
Neandertal genes point to interbreeding, inbreeding
DNA from 50,000 years ago underscores modest levels of mating across hominid populations.
- Animals
Snake and lizard ancestor may have birthed live young
Over millions of years, reptiles may have switched back and forth between laying eggs and giving birth to live babies.
- Microbes
A newfound respect for the microbial world
Despite what many people think about humans’ place in the scheme of things, scientists are finding more evidence that we live in a world of microbes.
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- Planetary Science
Sinkholes, tectonics may have shaped Titan’s lakes and seas
A map of Saturn’s largest moon reveals clues about the object's landscape.
