News

  1. Religious commitment linked to longer life

    A statistical analysis of 42 studies revealed that people who report heavy involvement in religious activities tend to have better physical health and live longer than those who don't.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Astronomy

    A supernova’s shocking development

    Astronomers have for the first time recorded the full force of the shock wave hurled from supernova 1987A, the brightest stellar explosion witnessed from Earth since the invention of the modern telescope.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Astronomy

    More evidence of a flat universe

    Another balloon-borne experiment recording relic radiation from the Big Bang has found evidence that the universe is flat.

    By Ron Cowen

  4. RNA and DNA help cells switch class

    Immune cells may tailor their genetic blueprint for antibodies through unusual RNA-DNA structures.