Feature

  1. Animals

    Mosquitoes Remade

    Scientists reinvent agents of illness to become allies in fight against disease.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Chasing a Cosmic Engine

    After 100 years, energetic space particles continue to pose a perplexing mystery.

    By Nadia Drake
  3. Math

    A Mind from Math

    Alan Turing, often considered the father of computer science, was born a century ago, in June of 1912. He foresaw machines’ potential to mimic brains.

    By Tom Siegfried
  4. Neuroscience

    Hurt Blocker

    The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Animals

    Animals on the Move

    Worldwide — on land, in the sea and in rivers, streams and lakes — wildlife is responding to rising temperatures.

    By Nancy Ross-Flanigan
  6. Earth

    Defying Depth

    How deep-sea creatures, and close relatives, survive tons of water weight.

    By Susan Gaidos
  7. Space

    At Home in the Universe

    Astronomers lay bare the Milky Way’s biggest secrets.

    By Alexandra Witze
  8. Health & Medicine

    Feel the Burn

    Turning on brown fat in humans may boost weight loss.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  9. Storm Front

    Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts.

    By Alexandra Witze

  10. Designer Flu

    How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  11. The Hot and Cold of Priming

    Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior.

    By Bruce Bower

  12. Traces of Inaugural Life

    Geologists, biologists join forces to tell new stories about the first cells on Earth.

    By Sarah C.P. Williams