Feature

  1. Maya apocalypse goes boom

    World doesn’t end, ancient astronomy gets a boost.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Environment

    Big drain on groundwater

    Overuse of freshwater supplies poses risks.

    By Science News

  3. Evolving E. coli

    25-year experiment sees real-time natural selection.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  4. Venus sails across sun in rare display

    Transit events happen in pairs separated by more than a century.

    By Meghan Rosen

  5. New species of the year

    More creatures, less Latin used to describe them.

    By Susan Milius

  6. Avant-garde cave art

    Paintings and animation date way back.

    By Bruce Bower

  7. ‘Good’ cholesterol may be overrated

    Surprise result questions heart protection from HDL.

    By Nathan Seppa

  8. Obesity research gets weightier

    Findings are filling out the story behind the fat.

    By Nathan Seppa

  9. You really can learn while you sleep

    Brain stays busy during lights-out.

    By Laura Sanders

  10. Out on a limb

    Fossils suggest early bipedal hominids still climbed.

    By Erin Wayman

  11. Milky Way will bite the dust

    Eventual collision with Andromeda to shake up the solar system.

    By Nadia Drake

  12. Kissing, and missing, human cousins

    DNA paints a contested picture of Stone Age interbreeding.

    By Bruce Bower