News

  1. Earth

    Dried-up California lake gets muddy facial

    A new dust-abatement program is transforming the nation's biggest source of respirable dust into a sea of nonpolluting mud.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Protein fragment halts type I diabetes

    A new protein-based drug injected into people just starting to show signs of diabetes halts the disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Human-cloning claim creates controversy

    A biotech company has begun cloning human embryos.

    By John Travis
  4. Astronomy

    Craft Probes Alien Planet’s Atmosphere

    Astronomers have for the first time detected the atmosphere of a planet that lies well beyond the solar system.