Feature
- Earth
Spinning the Core
Laboratory dynamos attempt to generate magnetic fields the way planets and stars do.
- Animals
Evolutionary enigmas
Comb jelly genetics suggest a radical redrawing of the tree of life.
By Amy Maxmen - Planetary Science
Faint Young Sun
Scientists struggle to understand how early Earth stayed warm enough for liquid water.
By Erin Wayman - Animals
A Different Kind of Smart
Animals’ cognitive shortcomings are as revealing as their genius.
By Susan Milius - Health & Medicine
The Human Brainome Project
Obama announces ambitious plan to develop new tools for exploring neural circuitry.
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- Health & Medicine
Dose of Reality
HPV is epidemic, which is odd since it is largely preventable.
By Nathan Seppa - Physics
As Erebus Lives and Breathes
The Antarctica volcano’s long-lived lava lake coughs up clues to the physiology of volcanoes .
By Janet Raloff -
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- Humans
Of Mice and Man
The lab mouse is being remodeled to better mimic how humans respond to disease.
By Susan Gaidos - Humans
A Cancer Patient’s Best Friend
Similarities between tumors in people and dogs mean canine studies can inform human disease.
By Laura Beil