News

  1. Animals

    Bumblebees can solve problems on their own

    With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  2. Astronomy

    Even quiet black holes create winds, new Milky Way observations reveal

    New observations suggest the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s core is blowing gas away from the central behemoth.

    By Mara Johnson-Groh
  3. Animals

    A secret to making a queen bee may lie in the wax around it

    Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests.

    By Anirban Mukhopadhyay
  4. Health & Medicine

    Curbing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is hampered by unknowns about the virus

    Answers to key questions could help public health officials develop Ebola treatments, predict the outbreak’s trajectory and prevent a future one.