News in Brief

  1. Plants

    Floral curve test shows what’s great for a moth is not so good for a flower

    3-D printed flowers reveal a hidden conflict between a hawk moth and the flowers it pollinates.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Physics

    Swift kick from a supernova could knock a black hole askew

    An exploding star may have tilted the spin of one of LIGO’s black holes.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Cosmology

    Milky Way’s loner status is upheld

    Galaxy surveys show the Milky Way lives in a vast cosmic void, which could help ease tensions between ways of measuring how fast the universe is expanding.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Health & Medicine

    Choosing white or whole-grain bread may depend on what lives in your gut

    Gut microbes determine how people’s blood sugar levels respond to breads.