News in Brief

  1. Space

    The sugar that makes up DNA could be made in space

    Deoxyribose, the sugar of DNA, was created in a lab simulating ice in space.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Neuroscience

    Here’s a rare way that an Alzheimer’s protein can spread

    Amyloid-beta found in vials of growth hormone can move from brain to brain, a mouse study shows.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Astronomy

    The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun

    NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its first encounter with the sun and is sending data back to Earth.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Life

    Biologists are one step closer to creating snake venom in the lab

    Milking snakes for venom may soon no longer be needed to make antidotes for bites.