News

  1. Earth

    Wave-thumping ‘weather bomb’ storms send elusive S waves through Earth

    A rare type of deep-Earth tremor called an S wave generated by a rapidly strengthening storm could help scientists map the planet’s mantle and core.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Life

    Lyme bacteria swap ‘catch bonds’ to navigate blood vessels

    Lyme bacteria use same tricks as white blood cells to navigate blood stream.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Health & Medicine

    Weapon of bone destruction identified

    Scientists discover myeloma’s secret bone-destroying messenger.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Astronomy

    Signs of planet detected around sun’s nearest neighbor star

    A planet roughly the size of Earth orbits within the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.