News in Brief

  1. Health & Medicine

    A new drug may boost dwindling treatment options for gonorrhea

    An antibiotic that targets the bacteria that causes gonorrhea proved effective in treating patients in a clinical trial.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Neuroscience

    Marijuana may change the decision-making part of teen brains

    A marijuana-like drug given to male rats during adolescence changed the structure of their brains.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Physics

    Bizarre metals may help unlock mysteries of how Earth’s magnetic field forms

    Weyl metals could simulate the dynamo effect that generates the planet’s magnetism, a new study suggests.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Neuroscience

    A lack of sleep can induce anxiety

    Pulling an all-nighter induced anxiety in healthy people, a recent study finds.