News in Brief

  1. Animals

    ‘Bearded ladies’ are less sexy to male lizards

    Females with masculine neck marks are passed over as mates.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Earth

    Wet terrain responsible for Iceland’s hollow lava towers

    Normally found underwater, the rocky structures form on land too.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Evidence mounts for bat origins of SARS

    New viruses in the mammals closely match the human form of the infection.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Astronomy

    An Earth-sized hell circles faraway star

    Kepler-78b, an Earth-sized, extremely hot exoplanet made of rock and iron, is the smallest with known diameter and mass.

    By Gabriel Popkin
  5. Health & Medicine

    Antibodies show progress against HIV

    Proteins suppress disease in monkeys, but don’t cure it.