News in Brief

  1. Humans

    Breast-feeding newborns might limit their allergy to pets later

    Breast-feeding newborns might limit their allergy to pets later by inducing a protective mix of gut microbes in the baby.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Climate

    Coastal Los Angeles losing fog to urban sprawl

    Fog in parts of Southern California has become significantly less frequent due to urban warming.

    By Thomas Sumner
  3. Anthropology

    Wheat reached England before farming

    European hunter-gatherers may have traded for agricultural products 8,000 years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Plants

    Beetle RNA makes crops a noxious meal

    When beetles munch plants bearing their RNA, genes the bugs need to survive are turned off.