News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Chill Out: Mild hypothermia aids heart attack recovery

    Icing down patients who have just had a heart stoppage may boost their survival chances and prevent brain damage in those who pull through.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Indoor tanning ups all skin cancer rates

    Artificial sunbathing using ultraviolet lights increases the risk of all types of skin cancer.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Physics

    A new way to stick it to flies

    Researchers have measured the amount of static charge that a walking house fly generates.

    By John Pickrell
  4. Earth

    Shuttle yields detailed, 3-D atlas

    NASA scientists and Defense Department mapmakers are assembling billions of radar measurements made from the space shuttle Endeavour to produce what they say will be the world’s best topographic map.