News in Brief

  1. Genetics

    Missing genes not always a problem for people

    Humans have ways to make up for missing genes, study suggests.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Paleontology

    Fossil reveals an ancient arthropod’s nervous system

    A roughly 520-million-year-old fossil preserved an ancient arthropod’s ventral nerve cord and peripheral nerves.

    By Helen Thompson
  3. Archaeology

    11,000-year-old pendant with etched design found in England

    Stone artifact with design etched on it comes from a transitional time in England 11,000 years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Planetary Science

    Charon’s surface cracked when ancient subsurface sea froze

    A subsurface ocean on Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, might have once frozen and cracked the moon’s surface, creating some of the ridges and valleys seen today.