News in Brief

  1. Psychology

    Majority doesn’t always rule in teen booze use

    Having one abstainer as a friend cuts teens’ odds of getting drunk and binge drinking, a study finds.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Poop-transplant pills treat intestinal infection

    Frozen capsules stuffed with healthy gut bacteria from donated poop fight C. difficile infections.

    By Kate Baggaley
  3. Planetary Science

    Surprises lurk inside a Saturn moon

    NASA’s Cassini spacecraft finds possible ocean or football-shaped core inside Mimas.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Health & Medicine

    Ebola continues rapid spread in West Africa

    Ebola continues to spread in West Africa, but some countries are poised to declare victory over the deadly virus.