News in Brief

Physics

Acoustical Society of America

A new way to cough, music for the deaf, toadfish sonic sabotage and more in meeting news.

Humans

Humans

Lewis and Clark’s gale encounter, nixing college lectures, divorce’s toll on kids and more in this week’s news

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Detecting gunshot residue, free-falling through sand and thinning blood magnetically in this week's news.

Earth

Earth/Environment

Flameproofing baby products, early tectonics, the future of tomatoes and more in this week's news.

Life

Genes & Cells

European scientists object to genetic testing, plus triggers for Alzheimer’s and asthma in this week’s news.

Humans

Association for Psychological Science meeting

News includes likeable look-alikes, seeing clearer through meditation and bouncing back from bad events.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

No link between viral suspect and chronic fatigue, plus reading minds, colored glasses for migraines and more in this week’s news.

Life

Life

Ancient weirdos roamed the seas longer than thought, plus clever turtle embryos and da Vinci patterns in trees in this week’s news.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

NASA’s new old design for a shuttle replacement, plus Mars’ growth spurt, the most remote object and more in this week’s news.

Humans

Humans

‘Tightness’ of a culture relates to its history, plus the taste of disgust, suicide in China and more in this week’s news.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

The electron is still round, plus waterfall-jumping objects, a blood-clotter spotter and more in this week’s news.

Earth

Earth & Environment

Cities can break up passing storms, plus wild boar contamination, altered spider sense and more in this week’s news.