All Stories
- Genetics
Groovy surface changes cells’ state
Physical cues may be as important as chemical ones when trying to revert mature cells to stem-cell-like ones.
- Agriculture
Fertilizer has staying power
Nitrogen-based fertilizer may remain in the soil for eight decades, complicating efforts to reduce pollution from runoff into rivers.
- Life
Lab-grown hair offers early hope
Specific growth conditions could be the key to treating receding hairlines and bald spots, a new study suggests.
- Quantum Physics
Heisenberg’s instinct was accurate
Scientists develop mathematical proof of quantum physics feature first suggested more than 80 years ago.
- Health & Medicine
Seek Meningitis Vaccine
Excerpt from the November 9, 1963, issue of SCIENCE NEWS LETTER.
- Animals
The colorful lives of squid
Your calamari, it turns out, may have come from a temporary transvestite with rainbows in its armpits.
- Planetary Science
A grander canyon on Mars
Hebes Chasma, a huge trough on Mars, reflects the Red Planet’s tumultuous and varied past.
- Genetics
Family takes on progeria in ‘Life According to Sam’
A new documentary portrays an extraordinary search for a cure spurred by a teen with the premature aging disease.
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First tilted solar system found
Data from the Kepler spacecraft revealed two planets orbiting their parent star at a 45-degree angle.
- Neuroscience
3-D effects may require one eye only
Peering through a peephole can bring flat images to life.
- Astronomy
Quiet maximum
By almost any measure, this solar maximum has been pathetic. No more than 67 sunspots have appeared in a month so far; at the last peak, in 2000, that number was above 120.
