News

  1. Astronomy

    Universal Truths: Distant quasars reveal content, age of universe

    Using quasars as searchlights on the distant universe, astronomers have mapped the distribution of gas between galaxies with unprecedented precision, allowing precise determinations of the age of the universe.

    By Ron Cowen

  2. Lighting Up the Rainbow: Color perception tied to early visual experience

    A study of baby monkeys finds that exposure to natural light in the year after birth fosters their ability to recognize colors as lighting gets brighter or dimmer.

    By Bruce Bower

  3. Gutless Wonder: New symbiosis lets worm feed on whale bones

    A newly discovered genus of marine worm can take nourishment from sunken whale skeletons, thanks to a previously unknown form of symbiosis.